The Islamic Prophet Muhammad also recommended cupping in his writings, where he called it hijama. Originally, hollowed-out animal horns were used to treat boils and suck out venom from snake bites.

The marks are from an ancient healing practice, popular in the Middle East and Islamic world, known as cupping, or hijama in Arabic. The word comes from the Arabic root hajm, which means sucking ...

Anyone can set themselves up as a practitioner ... A spokesperson said: "If practitioners of Hijama Cupping wanted to be considered for registration with CNHC, their profession would need to ...

The sportsman tweeted a picture of himself receiving Hijama therapy - an Arabic traditional medicine also known as "wet cupping" or "cupping therapy". The therapy involves cutting the skin and ...

With dry cupping, the cup is kept in place for a set time, usually between 5 and 10 minutes. With wet/bleeding cupping, the practitioner makes a small incision to draw blood before intentionally ...

Hyderabad: Hajama or Hijama, the therapy that uses cupping for treatment of various ailments, is gathering a lot of attention from the younger generation of Muslims. This therapy is as old as ...

RUGBY star Sonny Bill Williams has surprised his half-a-million Twitter followers by sharing a photo of himself undergoing an unusual medical treatment. The Chiefs player is a fan of hijama ...

“Doctors who want to practise Hijama in the country have to have a ... Besides, physicians must have completed a training course in cupping at one of the institutes or colleges accredited ...

Hijama therapists have expressed concerns about the growing number of unqualified practitioners and urged the government to create an exclusive regulatory body to oversee the practice of cupping ...