First visit, what to expect in HIJAMA? (Wet Cupping)

The following are the main steps of a typical Hijama session…

1. A full medical history is taken by a Qualified Doctor as part of the initial consultation. This may require a physical examination if applicable blood tests to uncover the root cause of your problems. Your blood pressure, heart rate and current medication will all be noted when being assessed and all this information will be collated to gain a clear picture of your current health status.

2. Once this is established the Physician can decide if you are suitable for Hijama therapy or not. In applicable cases a recommended treatment plan will be devised based around your specific needs and the treatment procedures will be clearly explained.

3. After you have been explained the findings of your assessment and your recommended treatment plan you will have an opportunity to ask any question that you may have. Once you are happy to proceed you will be referred to your hijama practitioner who will begin the treatment.

Suction will be created on the skin through the cups using a hand-operated pump. The cups will be left on there for about 5-10 minutes and can feel like a gentle to hard pinch (depends on the sensitivity of the skin) or pull on the skin.

Feels like a gentle to hard pinch (depends on the sensitivity of the skin)

or pull on the skin

4. You may be asked to lie down or sit up on a treatment couch depending on a number of considerations and special small cups will be placed on specific points of your body determined by the doctor.

5. The cups are then removed and slight pricks or tiny scratches are made in the area using a small sterile blade or lancet pen. The cups are then re-applied with the suction pump on the same points for about 5-10 minutes. This now starts collecting small drops of the unwanted waste/old blood into the cup.

Very light pin pricks are made on the surface of the skin using sterile single use utensils.

6. Finally after a limited number of applications the cups are then removed and the blood, cups and all materials used are safely discarded. The skin area is cleaned, and sterilised to heal naturally.

7. The cupped sites will stop bleeding as soon as the suction stops. Within a few minutes the cuts scab over and dry, leaving the area free from any bodily fluids. If there is a slight amount of fluid at the sites a plaster dressing will be applied. Large dressings or plasters are not usually necessary as they often make the site moist and prevent quick healing.

8. The whole session typically lasts 30-60 minutes, unless if you are a repeat patient in which case it should take no longer than 30 minutes.

Blood removed often contains inflammation modulators, stagnant blood,

dead cells and waste products. The cupped site (as seen in the above picture) stops bleeding once the cup is removed.

Marks usually disappear in 3-4 days or maximum of 2 weeks time

Dr Rana’s

Roy Medical HallUnani Clinic for Sexual DisordersHijama Centre (Cupping Therapy)Herbal Infertility Treatment Centre

ERNAKULAM I KOTTAYAM I THRISSURKERALA, INDIA

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