About Cupping / Hijama Therapy (Female Only)
The benefits of Cupping are abundant 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, skin problems, blood pressure, weight loss and many more. The negative role of toxins in the degeneration of health is of ever-increasing importance. One of the main functions of cupping 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.
The primary object of cupping is to move blood, remove toxins and to eliminate Stagnation of any kind from the body. The process involves using a vacuum at different points on the body but with incisions in order to remove 'harmful' blood which lies just beneath the surface of the skin.
Some of the conditions which cupping successfully treats:
Constipation and Diarrhea, Headaches and migraine, Back pain, Arthritis, Period pain, Injuries, Asthma, Cellulite, Fatigue, Anemia, Depression, Atrophy, Sciatica, Skin problems, Weight loss and much more.
Hadith in relation to Hijama.
The Prophet (PBUH) has 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. ” [Sahih Muslim, Hadith No: 2205.
Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (SAWS) said, “I did not pass by an angel from the angels on the night journey except that they all said to me: Upon you is cupping (hijama), O Muhammad. ” [Sunan-Ibn-Maajah Hadith No:3477.