Abstract

HIJÄ€MA; A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH- A REVIEW

Sajid Habib*, Abdul Azeez, Mohd Nayab, Faisal M. and Saif Ali Siddiqui

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Abstract

Hijāma is a Unāni mode of treatment which is carried out by creating a partial vacuum in the Hijāma glass placed on the body surface by mean of heat or suction, in order to remove the morbid material or to distract the material from the disease part, to go back a displaced organ to its normal position and to promote the blood flow to the site of intrusion. Hijāma therapy gets its name from the cups that are used to deliver the treatment. Cupping glasses made up of glass or wood are used for sucking purpose and vacuum is created by vacuum pump. In Hijāma, blood is sucked after applying cup to specific area of the body. Hijāma is a mode of Istifrāgh which evacuate the causative material of the disease.

Keywords: Hijama, Istifragh, Unani.