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    Rasullah Saw said, “Whoever revives an aspect of my Sunnah that is forgotten after my death, he will have a reward equivalent to that of the people who follow him, without it detracting in the least from their reward."




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    Hijama is also known as cupping or bloodletting therapy. It is a process of removing blood from the body and it is distinctive from the well-known practice of bloodletting or cupping because Hijama is governed by specific times that it should take place as well as specific points on the body that enhances health, detoxifies the body and builds up immunity. Hereinafter, cupping will be referred to as Hijama.

    Hijama is actually an ancient treatment that originated in China thousands of years ago. This therapy was originally known as ‘cupping’ because of the use of the cup as a therapeutic tool. The practitioner pumps air into the cup, either manually or by means of a suction device, to create a vacuum.

    Al Hijama is an Arabic word meaning ‘sucking’. It comes from the Arabic root ‘Al Hajm’. Al Hajjam is the name given to the practioner and Hijama is the name given to the profession. The word al Mihjam refers to the vessel in which the blood is collected.



    Hijama in Religious Practice

    There is an Islamic basis for Hijama therapy. As previously mentioned, the word ‘hijama’ is an Arabic word and Muhammad (peace be upon him) urged his followers to use this therapy as a means of healing and preventive medicine. The following is some essential information about Muhammad (PBUH) who spoke about the benefits and details of Hijama.



    Hadith (sayings of the prophet). The following are some hadith about Hijama therapy.


    Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, “I did not pass by any group on the night of Al Isra, unless they said to me, ‘O Muhammad, tell your Ummah to do Hijama.” (Reference: Ibn Majah, 3477)

    The Prophet (PBUH) explained that Hijama is one of the best medicines: “The best medicine with which you treat yourselves is Hijama, or it is one of the best of your medicines,” or “The best treatment you can use is Hijama.” (Reference: Al Bukhari, 5371)

    Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Hijama is the most helpful procedure for human beings to cure themselves.” (Reference: Al Bukhari, 5357)

    The Prophet (PBUH) also said: “If there is anything good in the medicines with which you treat yourselves, it is in the incision of the Hijama therapist, or a drink of honey or cauterization with fire, but I do not like to be cauterized.” (Reference: Muslim, 2205)

    The Prophet (PBUH) said: “The best treatment is Hijama; it removes blood, lightens the back and sharpens the eyesight.” (Reference: At Tirmidhi, 3053)

    Anas narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) used to have Hijama done on the veins on the side of the neck and the upper back. (Reference: At Tirmidhi)

    Jaabir ibn Abdullah narrated that Umm Salama asked permission from the Prophet (PBUH) to do Hijama. So the Prophet (PBUH)ordered Abu Teeba to do Hijama for her. Jaabir ibn Abdullah said, “I think he (PBUH) said that Abu Teeba is her brother through breastfeeding or a young boy who hadn’t yet reached puberty. (Reference: Saheeh Muslim, 5708)

    Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, “Hijama on an empty stomach is best. It increases the intellect and improves the memory. It improves the memory of the one memorizing. So whoever, is going to have Hijama done should do it on a Thursday in the name of Allah the Almighty. Keep away from having Hijama done on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Have Hijama done on a Monday or Tuesday. Do not have Hijama done on a Wednesday because it is the day that Ayyub [Job](PBUH) was befallen with the trial. You will not find leprosy except by

    having Hijama on Wednesday or Wednesday night.” (Reference: Saheeh Sunan ibn Maajah, 3488).




    Benefits of Hijama


    Hijama has stimulating and strengthening effects so it successfully treats the following conditions: constipation and diarrhea, headaches, back pain, arthritis, period pain, injuries, asthma, cellulite, fatigue, anemia, depression and emotional problems, atrophy, sciatica, common cold and flu, skin problems, weight loss and much more.

    Even though Hijama is a very simple procedure, it has dramatic effects. Our health and well-being are tied up with the immune system and are totally dependent on the flow of blood and Qi (energy) and body fluids like hormones and lymphatic fluid. Traditional medicine tells us that all pain is due to stagnation of these symptoms. The cups used in Hijama have a wonderful pulling power and this is a dramatic technique in reducing pain and enhancing the feeling of well-being.



    Importance of the skin

    Any stimulus that is directed to influence and manipulate the internal or external organs must start with the skin. The body’s first contact with the outside world is through the skin and it is true to say that the skin is the mirror of our health. If a person has good health, his or her skin will be shiny, tight and smooth and will respond to temperature and will be warm when touched. The skin protects the body from pathogens and plays a role in a number of body functions. It is the main organ of sensation, through many millions of nerve endings contained in its structure.

    The main fourteen channels with a direct link to the internal organs lie within the skin. When stimulating a particular point through Hijama, the organ’s blood and Qi is manipulated. In Chinese medicine the skin is directly controlled and influenced by the lungs. The lungs spread the Qi and fluids all over the body through the skin.



    Blood

    Blood is transformed from the essence of food produced through the functional activity of Qi that circulates through the blood vessels and nourishes the body tissue. Blood is derived from food and Qi and

    produced by the spleen. (Blood will be discussed in detail in the section about the anatomy of the body)



    Qi

    Qi is the invisible life force – like air and wind. The West tries to define Qi as ‘the energy of life’, ‘vital force’, ‘life force’, ‘energy’, but there is no Western equivalent. When we are ill we feel weak and have a low energy level but when we feel better we feel more energetic and much stronger. So we all experience the existence of Qi continuously.
    Movement of any kind requires Qi and often this is manifested as heat. Lack of energy is signified by cold.

    When treating a disease at the Qi level, the external pathogen is still fighting at the skin and the body’s overall resistance is still good. Some clinical manifestations of this are a high fever, a cough with thin yellow phlegm, wheezing and thirst. Hijama treatment at this level is very effective.



    Stagnation

    Stagnation of body systems can be the result of lack of movement, injury, stress, a lack of blood, Qi or the invasion of cold into the body and joints. Cold drinks and foods or irregular feeding habits can also cause accumulation problems. All these impair the Spleen’s function of transformation and transportation. Clinical manifestations of this are restlessness, vomiting, the production of phlegm, diarrhea, constipation, a hardened stomach and painful abdomen. Hijama relieves all these symptoms.

    Regardless of the cause, Hijama can be applied to specific points of the body like what is done in acupuncture, to the area that is dysfunctional. After a short time the patient will feel warmth and there will be a reduction of pain.

    Fluids in the body can also become stagnant and they are necessary to help the stomach carry out its proper digestive function.


    Hijama therapy regulates the flow of Qi and blood. It also helps draw out and eliminate pathogenic factors like wind, cold, damp and heat. Hijama also moves Qi and blood and opens the pores of the skin, thus, assisting the removal of pathogens through the skin.



    Beauty therapy

    Hijama is also beneficial in beauty therapy as it promotes the production of hormones, encourages blood flow and body fluid movement in the bowels and internal organs. In this way toxins are removed and this is important because toxins speed up the aging process and cause other negative conditions.




    Aging

    Authentic holistic therapy balances all aspects of the body. The aging process speeds up when individual cells dry out, or too much sun. Kidney weakness also speeds up the aging process and leads to dry and damaged hair, early graying or hair loss. Imbalance in ladies also manifests in the early signs of menopause with hot flushes, night sweats and dry skin. Simply applying external lotion to the skin or hair does not access the root cause.




    Stimulating and strengthening effects

    The benefits of Hijama are uncountable due to its stimulating and strengthening effects. It has treated bowel conditions, headaches, back pain, arthritis, menstrual pain, injuries, asthma, cellulite, fatigue, anemia, depression and emotional problems, atrophy, sciatica, common cold and flu, skin problems, blood pressure, weight loss and ladies problems.

    The negative role of toxins in the degeneration of health is of ever-increasing importance. Even though modern medicine has eradicated many epidemics there is an increase in what is called civilization diseases (metabolism diseases). These diseases are caused by the great quantity of chemicals a person takes during his or her lifetime. A recent American statistic on food additives shows a 100-pound intake per person in his life span. The average American takes about 1000 tablets a year. This is a health catastrophe. Modern medicine differs greatly from its ancestors who maintained that the body functions are interrelated in a network.




    Release of toxins and impurities

    One of the main functions of Hijama treatment is that it releases toxins with minimal additional stress to internal organs. It also directly de-acidifies tissues, enhances blood circulation, stimulates the immune system and reduces stress as it releases chemicals in the brain that reduce stress and depression. Another benefit of Hijama therapy is that it facilitates a sufficient flow of nutrition to the affected tissues and stimulates the flow of blood and lymph to the affected area. In this way, it improves blood and lymph flow, and activates the function of the organs. Performing Hijama on the corresponding organ points is used to treat disorders such as liver and kidney problems, respiratory diseases, digestive disorders and some gynecological disorders.

    In ancient times, Hijama did not have specific indications and was mainly used to drain blood and pus from abscess and for sucking blood from poisoned wounds and snakebites. However, in later times this therapy expanded to encompass illnesses related to internal medicine such as pulmonary tuberculosis, rheumatism, abdominal pain, stomach ache, indigestion, headache, hypertension, common cold, lumbago, backache, swelling and eye pain and boils. In some places, Hijama therapy was used in conjunction with acupuncture. Today, Hijama is used to treat colds, lung infections and problems in the internal organs. It is also used to treat muscle spasms especially in the back. It can also be used to treat painful joints, stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea. Since Hijama stimulates the flow of blood it helps to treat blood stagnation, poor circulation, and asthmatic conditions.




    Immunity

    Hijama strengthens the body’s resistance and eliminates pathogenic factors and so prevents illness. It also regulates the function of the blood and promotes general good health. By creating localized bruising, it activates the body’s defensive cells to heal the bruised area.

    In the past, people who were not ill often had Hijama done twice a year; in the spring and the autumn believing that thinning the blood would promote good health. This continued to the 19th century and was a regular practice.



    Pearl divers in the Arabian Gulf used to undergo Hijama before the diving season in the belief that this would prevent diseases during the three months at sea. It was also thought to be very effective against dizziness.

    Dr. Katase from Osaka University maintained that Hijama influences the composition of blood as it increases red and white blood cells and changes acid blood into alkaline or neutral blood thereby leading to the purification of blood. It also purifies the body of accumulated irritants that cause inflammation.

    Recent studies indicate that having Hijama done at specific points on the back increases immunity by increasing the white blood cell count. In addition to enhancing the body’s defenses, Hijama regulates blood circulation throughout the entire body. The flow of blood in the human body is very important as it regulates, coordinates and unifies the organs via the blood vessels. The flow of blood is the life force that maintains health and each organ receives its requirements of nourishment to maintain a healthy, normal state. The blood flows throughout the body nourishing tissues and enhancing the immune system.




    Effect on circulatory system

    Hijama also has a positive effect on the circulatory system. Due to the pull of low pressure, the flow of blood in arteries and veins increases and in the veins localized congested blood appears then disappears. With Hijama therapy it is possible to ease the interruption of blood circulation and congestion and to eliminate the inflammatory fluids from the tissues. So the greatest characteristic of Hijama is the facilitation of blood flow.




    Effect on muscles

    The pull of low pressure Hijama therapy activates the blood vessels within the muscles. The expansion of the blood vessels in the muscles facilitates the flow of blood and has a remarkable effect on stiff shoulder. After Hijama, the skin will glow because of the rise in skin temperature and muscles because of the increased blood flow.




    Effect on diseases

    Almost all diseases respond to Hijama. The following are some of the most common:


    Pain related conditions

    Hijama eases pain, especially that which is related to headache, menstrual cramps, dental pain, tennis elbow, muscle pain, back pain and sciatica.

    Headache and migraine

    In the 18th century Hijama was considered to be an effective remedy for headache and it was highly recommended for migraine. The Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) used Hijama as a treatment for migraine.

    Rheumatic diseases

    Many rheumatic disorders simply disappear after just a few sessions of Hijama therapy. It has a great effect on back and joint problems and is especially helpful for conditions such as rheumatism, lumbago and stiff neck and shoulders because it increases blood circulation and mobility. By supplying more oxygen, hormones and essential enzymes to local tissues and joints, Hijama keeps local tissues warm and this increases elasticity and flexibility in muscles and joints. It also relieves muscle spasms and stiffness in muscular tissue and the pain that is associated with it. It has a remarkable effect on a stiff (frozen) shoulder. It is also effective for chronic joint rheumatism as it facilitates the flow of blood to the joints. It also removes congested blood and solves problems that can not be solved with acupuncture.

    Arthritis

    In the beginning, Hijama was recommended for the treatment of arthritis and pain as well as gout. When treating arthritis the treatment is concentrated on the area of the joints concerned. If it is a mild case it is possible to have a complete cure.


    Low back pain

    Hijama relieves low back pain and in chronic cases it can be used along with acupuncture.


    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Chronic fatigue syndrome is long-standing severe fatigue without substantial muscle weakness and without proven physical or psychological causes. It has been found that Hijama along with acupuncture is an effective treatment.

    Fevers and local inflammation

    Chinese doctors believe that a number of diseases are the result of blood stagnation and heat. They used Hijama to remove stagnant blood, activate blood circulation and dispel pathogenic factors. Hijama was used on patients suffering from flu, headache and fever.

    Chest and heart diseases

    Hijama is also recommended for the treatment of lung diseases, especially chronic cough, pleurisy, bronchial congestion and asthma. It was also advocated for the treatment of congestive heart failure until the 1930s. As recently as 1942, medical textbooks advised Hijama for high fever pneumonia and acute pneumonia. Hijama also successfully treats hypertension.

    Gastrointestinal diseases

    The stomach, spleen and intestines are considered to be the most important engines of the human body. From these areas the natural healing power of the body derives its energy. Dry Hijama stimulates the insides of these organs, their movement and secretion of digestive fluids and so strengthens the power of digestion, the absorption of nourishment and the power of secretion. It relives chronic gastroenteritis and constipation. These organs also benefit from Hijama treatment applied to the back as it stimulates the spinal nerves and automatic nerves as well as strengthening the muscles of the respiratory system.

    Urinary diseases

    Hijama therapy is known to treat stones, abscess and urine retention. Cups can be applied to the lumber region to treat urine retention.

    Dermatologic diseases

    The skin disorders that are well-known to be treated by Hijama are: boils, abscess, herpes, acne, cellulite and urticaria. Sometimes acupuncture is used in conjunction with Hijama.

    Hijama therapy is also known to stimulate hair growth through direct physical stimuli on hair roots and the expansion of blood vessels of the skin through the pull of low pressure.

    The skin is benefited in many ways through Hijama treatment as it stimulates the flow of lymph fluids which helps remove bacteria and carry proteins. This strengthens the power of the skin and its resistance to many harmful conditions, meaning it would regenerate faster if it is cut or wounded. The enhancement of blood circulation encourages a sufficient supply of nutrition to skin tissue. After Hijama, skin temperature rises and increases blood flow. Hijama also improves skin respiration and promotes gaseous exchange within cells. It also promotes metabolism within skin tissues and accelerates the functions of both sweat and sebaceous glands leading to the secretion of salts, sebaceous material and the excretion of sweat.

    The essential point of Hijama is not only to expel stagnant blood but also to expand blood vessels to facilitate blood flow and remove toxic substances from the surface of the skin.

    Psychological diseases

    Hijama therapy is like massage and is effective against anxiety and worry. Hence, insomnia is treated with Hijama in conjunction with massage. It also helps balance hormones, which is very effective when treating depression.

    Infectious diseases

    In the 18th century Hijama was considered an effective remedy for cholera and in America Hijama was encouraged during yellow fever epidemics. Furthermore, mumps was treated by applying water Hijama over the swollen glands.


    Varicose veins

    Hijama removes stagnant blood from these fine capillaries. Hijama should never be done directly on the main varicose veins.

    Cancer

    Most conventional doctors are trained to perform surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy to treat cancer. As the rate of cancer patients is soaring worldwide every available therapy should be utilized. Although there is no documented evidence that hijama cures cancer, it is known to dramatically improve the condition of the patient. Some practitioners use it to rebalance energy in the body that has been blocked by certain tumors. Hijama is effective for undoing the damage done to patients by conventional therapies of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Hijama has found a place in cancer therapy, not yet as a cure, but as a complementary therapy that helps patient feel better, detox, relieve pain and recover faster. During chemotherapy the immune system is depleted and Hijama helps repair the immune system and strengthens it to withstand further attack.


    Contraindications

    Hijama should not be performed on open wounds or around skin ulcers. It is contraindicated on irritated skin or over allergic skin or where any skin lesions are present. It should also be avoided in elderly people with thin, delicate skin. If the patient has a bleeding disorder Hijama should not be done. It is also unadvisable to perform Hijama wherever there are great vessels, and it is also not beneficial if the patient has serious heart disease.


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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

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    format_quote Originally Posted by Muslim Woman View Post


    I am not sure if Hajamah can be done in my country ( Bangladesh ) . Never saw any ad or nobody told s/he did it here .

    Is any modern technique available similar to hajamah ?
    Salams

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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Wa7abiScientist View Post
    is there any evidence that cupping works in the context of modern diseases which were not present during the time of the Prophet (saw)?

    I hope cupping is not made universal to cure "ALL" diseases like all those pseudo-scientific claims made by "detox" products designed to remove "toxins" from bodies by drinking "tons" of water which IMPAIRS blood osmolarity!

    And letting blood flow like that, does not it increase the risk of infections?
    I looked up cupping and this is what I have found on English language wikipedia:
    It's a hadith, not sure whether authentic or not.
    Whoever performs cupping (hijama) on the 17th, 19th or 21st day (of the Islamic, lunar month) then it is a cure for every disease” [Sahih Sunan abi Dawud 3861]
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Gossamer skye View Post
    To every ailment there is a cure, so tells us prophet Mohammed PBUH and I believe it is just a matter of finding out what it is a
    Is it plausible to say serious genetic will ever be curable, even are curable?
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    Is it plausible to say serious genetic will ever be curable, even are curable?
    I do believe that yes... Suret Yunus (Jonah) speaks of how the day of Judgment shall not come to be until the world:
    10:24---when the earth hath taken on her ornaments and is embellished, and her people deem that they are masters of her, Our commandment cometh by night or by day and We make it as reaped corn as if it had not flourished yesterday.


    So you I believe that there will be a time when folks on earth will think they have mastered everything and of course there is (No God) and that is when they will be seized.. when they are most comfortable!


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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    How do you, as a doctor, interpret Muhammad's saying the black seed is a cure for every disease but death?
    Besides the black seed, I think similar properties were ascribed by the prophet to zam-zam-water and this cupping thing (provided the hadith I posted is authentic).
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    How do you, as a doctor, interpret Muhammad's saying the black seed is a cure for every disease but death?
    Besides the black seed, I think similar properties were ascribed by the prophet to zam-zam-water and this cupping thing (provided the hadith I posted is authentic).

    Prophetic medicine is an entire compendium:
    http://www.islamhouse.com/p/51834
    so I don't know how you can spin a compendium around three items and label them as a cure for all (I'll have to read in Arabic tongue) feeh shiffa'a li'nas, denotes there is a healing for mankind, but that doesn't translate to a cure-all--I certainly do believe that there is a healing in prophetic medicine.

    I would definitely supplement any treatment regimen with black-seed and honey and I often do in fact!

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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Gossamer skye View Post
    so I don't know how you can spin a compendium around three items and label them as a cure for all (I'll have to read in Arabic tongue) feeh shiffa'a li'nas, denotes there is a healing for mankind, but that doesn't translate to a cure-all--
    I was referring to hadiths from a chapter called MEdicine by Bukhari:

    Narrated Khalid bin Sad: We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way and when we arrived at Medina he was still sick. Ibn Abi 'Atiq came to visit him and said to us, "Treat him with black cumin. Take five or seven seeds and crush them (mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting mixture into both nostrils, for 'Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet saying, 'This black cumin is healing for all diseases except As-Sam.' Aisha said, 'What is As-Sam?' He said, 'Death."



    I do not speak Arabic, does the above hadith say black seeds can cure all diseases or not?
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    I was referring to hadiths from a chapter called MEdicine by Bukhari:

    Narrated Khalid bin Sad: We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way and when we arrived at Medina he was still sick. Ibn Abi 'Atiq came to visit him and said to us, "Treat him with black cumin. Take five or seven seeds and crush them (mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting mixture into both nostrils, for 'Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet saying, 'This black cumin is healing for all diseases except As-Sam.' Aisha said, 'What is As-Sam?' He said, 'Death."



    I do not speak Arabic, does the above hadith say black seeds can cure all diseases or not?
    If that is to be interpreted in that way then why did Muhammad (Saw) supposedly contradict himself when he told a group of people to drink camel urine and not black cumin seeds, if he seriously believed that it has cure for all diseases?
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    Some more here from a modern scientific point of veiw, Just to prevent anyone trying this as an actual cure for something and ending up dead or braindamaged.

    In short for those who dont care to read. Bloodletting is an old outdated practice based on bad science. It has a highly limited value and is avoided whenever possible by modern medicine.

    Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of often considerable quantities of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. It was the most common medical practice performed by doctors from antiquity up to the late 19th century, a time span of almost 2,000 years.[1] The practice has been abandoned for all except a few very specific conditions.[2] It is conceivable that historically, in the absence of other treatments for hypertension, bloodletting could sometimes have had a beneficial effect in temporarily reducing blood pressure by a reduction in blood volume.[3] However, since hypertension is very often asymptomatic and thus undiagnosable without modern methods, this effect was unintentional. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the historical use of bloodletting was harmful to patients.[4]

    Bloodletting is one of the oldest medical practices, having been practiced among ancient peoples including the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Mayans, and the Aztecs.[3] In Greece, bloodletting was in use around the time of Hippocrates, who mentions bloodletting but in general relied on dietary techniques.[8] Erasistratus, however, theorized that many diseases were caused by plethoras, or overabundances, in the blood and advised that these plethoras be treated, initially, by exercise, sweating, reduced food intake, and vomiting.[9] Herophilus advocated bloodletting. Archagathus, one of the first Greek physicians to practice in Rome, also believed in the value of bloodletting.[10]

    "Bleeding" a patient to health was modeled on the process of menstruation. Hippocrates believed that menstruation functioned to "purge women of bad humors". Galen of Rome, a student of Hippocrates, began physician-initiated bloodletting.[11]

    The popularity of bloodletting in Greece was reinforced by the ideas of Galen, after he discovered that veins and arteries were filled with blood, not air as was commonly believed at the time. There were two key concepts in his system of bloodletting. The first was that blood was created and then used up; it did not circulate, and so it could "stagnate" in the extremities. The second was that humoral balance was the basis of illness or health, the four humours being blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, relating to the four Greek classical elements of air, water, earth and fire. Galen believed that blood was the dominant humour and the one in most need of control. In order to balance the humours, a physician would either remove "excess" blood (plethora) from the patient or give them an emetic to induce vomiting, or a diuretic to induce urination.

    Galen created a complex system of how much blood should be removed based on the patient's age, constitution, the season, the weather and the place. Symptoms of plethora were believed to include fever, apoplexy, and headache. The blood to be let was of a specific nature determined by the disease: either arterial or venous, and distant or close to the area of the body affected. He linked different blood vessels with different organs, according to their supposed drainage. For example, the vein in the right hand would be let for liver problems and the vein in the left hand for problems with the spleen. The more severe the disease, the more blood would be let. Fevers required copious amounts of bloodletting.

    The Talmud recommended a specific day of the week and days of the month for bloodletting, and similar rules, though less codified, can be found among Christian writings advising which saints' days were favourable for bloodletting. Islamic medical authors too advised bloodletting, particularly for fevers. The practice was probably passed to them by the Greeks; when Islamic theories became known in the Latin-speaking countries of Europe, bloodletting became more widespread. Together with cautery, it was central to Arabic surgery; the key texts Kitab al-Qanun and especially Al-Tasrif li-man 'ajaza 'an al-ta'lif both recommended it. It was also known in Ayurvedic medicine, described in the Susruta Samhita.

    The benefits of bloodletting only began to be seriously questioned in the second half of the 1800s. While many physicians in England at the time had lost faith in the general value of bloodletting, some still considered it beneficial in some circumstances, for instance to "clear out" infected or weakened blood or its ability to "cause hæmorrhages to cease"—as evidenced in a call for a "fair trial for blood-letting as a remedy" in 1871.[12] Bloodletting persisted into the 20th century and was even recommended by Sir William Osler in the 1923 edition of his textbook The Principles and Practice of Medicine.[13]

    A number of different methods were employed. The most common was phlebotomy, or venesection (often called "breathing a vein"), in which blood was drawn from one or more of the larger external veins, such as those in the forearm or neck. In arteriotomy, an artery was punctured, although generally only in the temples. In scarification (not to be confused with scarification, a method of body modification), the "superficial" vessels were attacked, often using a syringe, a spring-loaded lancet, or a glass cup that contained heated air, producing a vacuum within (see fire cupping). There was also a specific bloodletting tool called a scarificator, used primarily in 19th century medicine. It has a spring-loaded mechanism with gears that snaps the blades out through slits in the front cover and back in, in a circular motion. The case is cast brass, and the mechanism and blades steel. One knife bar gear has slipped teeth, turning the blades in a different direction than those on the other bars. The last photo and the diagram show the depth adjustment bar at the back and sides.

    Leeches could also be used. The withdrawal of so much blood as to induce syncope (fainting) was considered beneficial, and many sessions would only end when the patient began to swoon.

    William Harvey disproved the basis of the practice in 1628, and the introduction of scientific medicine, la méthode numérique, allowed Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis to demonstrate that phlebotomy was entirely ineffective in the treatment of pneumonia and various fevers in the 1830s. Nevertheless, in 1840, a lecturer at the Royal College of Physicians would still state that "blood-letting is a remedy which, when judiciously employed, it is hardly possible to estimate too highly", and Louis was dogged by the sanguinary Broussais, who could recommend leeches fifty at a time.

    Bloodletting was used to treat almost every disease. One British medical text recommended bloodletting for acne, asthma, cancer, cholera, coma, convulsions, diabetes, epilepsy, gangrene, gout, herpes, indigestion, insanity, jaundice, leprosy, ophthalmia, plague, pneumonia, scurvy, smallpox, stroke, tetanus, tuberculosis, and for some one hundred other diseases. Bloodletting was even used to treat most forms of hemorrhaging such as nosebleed, excessive menstruation, or hemorrhoidal bleeding. Before surgery or at the onset of childbirth, blood was removed to prevent inflammation. Before amputation, it was customary to remove a quantity of blood equal to the amount believed to circulate in the limb that was to be removed.[14]

    Leeches became especially popular in the early nineteenth century. In the 1830s, the French imported about forty million leeches a year for medical purposes, and in the next decade, England imported six million leeches a year from France alone. Through the early decades of the century, hundreds of millions of leeches were used by physicians throughout Europe.[15]

    In the absence of other treatments, bloodletting actually is beneficial in some circumstances, including hemochromatosis, the fluid overload of heart failure, and possibly simply to reduce blood pressure. In other cases, such as those involving agitation, the reduction in blood pressure might appear beneficial due to the sedative effect. In 1844, Joseph Pancoast listed the advantages of bloodletting in "A Treatise on Operative Surgery". Not all of these reasons are outrageous nowadays:
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Wa7abiScientist View Post
    If that is to be interpreted in that way then why did Muhammad (Saw) supposedly contradict himself when he told a group of people to drink camel urine and not black cumin seeds, if he seriously believed that it has cure for all diseases?
    Several options:
    1. The interpretaion may be wrong, as you said.
    2. Black seed was not available
    3. Muhammad forgot what he said about black seed
    Etc ...
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    I was referring to hadiths from a chapter called MEdicine by Bukhari:

    Narrated Khalid bin Sad: We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way and when we arrived at Medina he was still sick. Ibn Abi 'Atiq came to visit him and said to us, "Treat him with black cumin. Take five or seven seeds and crush them (mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting mixture into both nostrils, for 'Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet saying, 'This black cumin is healing for all diseases except As-Sam.' Aisha said, 'What is As-Sam?' He said, 'Death."



    I do not speak Arabic, does the above hadith say black seeds can cure all diseases or not?
    so it isn't 'black seeds' anymore that is a cure for all or 'honey' or hijamah but cumin? I haven't found the hadith in Arabic I am still looking however I doubt 'All' is taken literally given the many cures from various herbs in medicine. I have come across several papers in Arabic discussing the benefits of Cumin from ancient Egypt to pre-Islamic Arabia ... not in the particular part component as mentioned above..

    Hadith isn't the Quran and as such folks lack the details in the translation they give to the Quran..

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    - حدثنا عبد الله بن أبي شيبة: حدثنا عبيد الله: حدثنا إسرائيل، عن منصور، عن خالد بن سعد قال:
    خرجنا ومعنا غالب بن أبجر فمرض في الطريق، فقدمنا المدينة وهو مريض، فعاده ابن أبي عتيق، فقال لنا: عليكم بهذه الحُبيبة السوداء، فخذوا منها خمساً أو سبعاً فاسحقوها، ثم اقطروها في أنفه بقطرات زيت، في هذا الجانب وفي هذا الجانب، فإن عائشة حدثتني: أنها سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: ( إن هذه الحبَّة السوداء شفاء من كل داء، إلا من السام ). قلت: وما السام؟ قال: الموت. حديث رقم 5363 صحيح البخاري .


    I found the hadith, the word in Arabic 'Kol' كل which you have taken for all denotes:

    v. jade, tire


    pron. every, either, all, each, any


    n. whole


    adj. livelong


    prep. to

    http://translation.babylon.com/Arabic/to-English

    so it doesn't mean that if you have Leukemia you should only take black-seed as a cure, rather that there is a benefit in it for every ailment.

    Hope that clarifies it?..

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    format_quote Originally Posted by Gossamer skye View Post
    - حدثنا عبد الله بن أبي شيبة: حدثنا عبيد الله: حدثنا إسرائيل، عن منصور، عن خالد بن سعد قال:
    خرجنا ومعنا غالب بن أبجر فمرض في الطريق، فقدمنا المدينة وهو مريض، فعاده ابن أبي عتيق، فقال لنا: عليكم بهذه الحُبيبة السوداء، فخذوا منها خمساً أو سبعاً فاسحقوها، ثم اقطروها في أنفه بقطرات زيت، في هذا الجانب وفي هذا الجانب، فإن عائشة حدثتني: أنها سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: ( إن هذه الحبَّة السوداء شفاء من كل داء، إلا من السام ). قلت: وما السام؟ قال: الموت. حديث رقم 5363 صحيح البخاري .


    I found the hadith, the word in Arabic 'Kol' كل which you have taken for all denotes:

    v. jade, tire


    pron. every, either, all, each, any


    n. whole


    adj. livelong


    prep. to

    http://translation.babylon.com/Arabic/to-English

    so it doesn't mean that if you have Leukemia you should only take black-seed as a cure, rather that there is a benefit in it for every ailment.

    Hope that clarifies it?..

    all the best
    I'm not sure what you were trying to explain here, you came from "all" to "every" which is quite similar to me. The crucial issue here is whether the hadith says "cure" as in remove the disease completely or
    "benefit" as in help during the treatment.

    There's an alternitive hadith with the same meaning, it is next to the first one
    592

    Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is healing in black cumin for all diseases except death."
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    Several options:
    1. The interpretaion may be wrong, as you said.
    2. Black seed was not available
    3. Muhammad forgot what he said about black seed
    Etc ...
    over here you are confused for we have two different hadiths:

    one with 7aba sawda, and another with 7aba swada: shwaneez
    one is in Bukhari no-5354
    and the other in bukhari no-5364 and I don't know of the volumes:

    http://www.oocities.com/hossamalihassan/hadethhapa.htm

    Don't you think if there was something amiss the early scholars would have caught it? also it appears that they called it black when it was actually green as per explanation the natives of agriculture in said region took green to denote black and vice versa but that is a digression from the topic..

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    I'm asking whether the hadiths about black cummin/seed say it actually cures every disease or brings benefit.
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    I'm not sure what you were trying to explain here, you came from "all" to "every" which is quite similar to me. The crucial issue here is whether the hadith says "cure" as in remove the disease completely or
    "benefit" as in help during the treatment.

    There's an alternitive hadith with the same meaning, it is next to the first one
    592

    Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is healing in black cumin for all diseases except death."
    ????
    Exactly what I had written above, to be used as a remedy for every ailment.
    daw'a doesn't mean 'cure' it means medication, remedy:

    دواء = n. medicine, medicament, medication, drug, remedy

    http://translation.babylon.com/Arabic/to-English
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    I'm asking whether the hadiths about black cummin/seed say it actually cures every disease or brings benefit.
    http://www.islamicboard.com/health-s...ml#post1293171
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    Ok, so it says remedy, medicine. That can be interpreted as a relief or something, it doesn't have to mean a definite cure.
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    Re: Hijamah/Blood-letting Cupping & Reviving the Sunnah

    format_quote Originally Posted by Froggy View Post
    Ok, so it says remedy, medicine. That can be interpreted as a relief or something, it doesn't have to mean a definite cure.
    I have broken down the words and provided you with the dictionary to check for yourself should you desire.. there is no 'definitive cure-all' also there can't be a 'definitive' if there is death in the same hadith right?

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    format_quote Originally Posted by Gossamer skye View Post
    I have broken down the words and provided you with the dictionary to check for yourself should you desire.. there is no 'definitive cure-all' also there can't be a 'definitive' if there is death in the same hadith right?

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    Definite for all ailments except death. That's one way to interpret it which would make it clearly scientifically inaccurate. The other interpretation is that it helps with every disease, which is not scientifically innacurate per se.
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