Misplaced Pages

Hijama: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 20:20, 16 June 2012 editHacksBack (talk | contribs)60 edits Methods of Hijama← Previous edit Latest revision as of 18:10, 18 August 2018 edit undoBon courage (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users66,214 edits Reverted to revision 855490766 by Alexbrn (talk): Rv. messed-up unmerge; content already largely exists in mainspace. (TW)Tags: New redirect Undo 
(367 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
#REDIRECT ] {{R from merge}} {{R to section}}
]
'''Hijama''' ({{lang-ar|حجامة}} lit. "sucking") is the name in ] ] for ], where blood is drawn by vacuum from a small skin incision for ] purposes.<ref>, Albinali, H. A. Hâyar, ''Heart Views'', Volume 5, No.2, June–August 2004</ref> Hijama is generally performed by ]s as it is a form of medicine specifically mentioned and encouraged by the ] ]. Among other ], it is mentioned in that recorded by ] (5263) and ] (2952), saying "The Hijama is the best of your remedies" (خير ما تداويتم به الحجامة).

==Procedure==
]
Hijama can be performed anywhere on the body, often at the site of an ache or pain in order to ease or alleviate it. A more conservative approach<ref></ref> warns against over use of cupping and suggests only that six optimal points on the body are all that is required to "clean" the entire ]: The back of the head, two shoulders corresponding to the ] heart position, the tail or small of the back, and the two inner ankles.

The location is first shaved, if necessary, to ensure a tight seal with the cup. The mouth of a cup (metal, glass and plastic cups are generally used, although traditionally horns were used) is placed on the skin at the site chosen for cupping. Then a tight seal is created. The traditional method was to burn a small piece of paper or cotton inside the vessel, so that the mouth of the cup clings to the skin. Some practitioners now use a machine instead, although others strictly adhere to the Prophetic method with the use of fire, both for sterility and the benefits or properties from the element of fire itself. The cup is left to cling to the skin for a few minutes, then it is lifted off and a couple of very small incisions are made in the skin. The cup is then put back as it was before until the flow of blood subsides.<ref></ref>

Hijama is considered a form of energy medicine because it has been claimed to unclog the meridians in the body, and is viewed by some practitioners as a cure that can alleviate black magic and possession. <ref>, Ahmed El-Wakil, ''Contemporary Islamic Studies,'' Vol. 2011, 2</ref>

==Methods==

The original method sanctioned by Prophet Muhammad was the use of fire to create the vaccume necessary to achieve a suction on the skin that draws the blood to the point being treated. Fire as an element is favored as it may contain properties yet fully understood in the healing process. At the very least the fire element helps sterilization of both the cup and the area treated. The risk of burning the skin is a valid concern if not performed properly. The newer techniques utilizing suction pumps, while easier to master, may cause over suction of the area being treated. It is virtually impossible to creaate to much suction utilizig the fire method. Dry cupping is not something that was sanctioed by Prophet Muhammad (saw) and is therefore not part of hijama treatment.

==See also==
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
<!--===========================({{NoMoreLinks}})===============================-->
<!--| DO NOT ADD MORE LINKS TO THIS ARTICLE.[REDACTED] IS NOT A COLLECTION OF |-->
<!--| LINKS. If you think that your link might be useful, do not add it here, |-->
<!--| but put it on this article's discussion page first or submit your link |-->
<!--| to the appropriate category at the Open Directory Project (www.dmoz.org)|-->
<!--| and link back to that category using the {{dmoz}} template. |-->
<!--| |-->
<!--| Links that have not been verified WILL BE DELETED. |-->
<!--| See ] and ] for details |-->
<!--===========================({{NoMoreLinks}})===============================-->
*

{{Islamic medicine}}

]
]
]
]

]
]
]
]
]
]

Latest revision as of 18:10, 18 August 2018

Redirect to:

  • From a merge: This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.
Hijama: Difference between revisions Add topic