Definition of Cupping
The word “cupping” was derived from the Arabic verbs “hajama” and “haj’jama” which they meant “to minimize” or “to restore to basic size”, or “to diminish in volume”. In Arabic they say, “a certain person diminished the problem”, they meant that he returned the problem to its original size. There is also a verb “ahjama” which meant “to withdraw or retreat from attack”. Thus he who performed the cupping operation made diseases refrain from attacking him. The increase of spoiled blood in the body rendered its cessation from growing when the person became twenty-two years old, and it accumulated in the back area of the person. With advance in age, these accumulations of spoiled blood hindered the circulation of the whole blood, and eventually paralysed the work of the young red cor- puscles and the body became weak and exposed to various kinds of diseases. When one performed cupping, the blood returned to its original condition and the stagnant blood went away (that blood which contained maximum rate of senile red corpuscles and their cells ghosts and abnormal shapes from other impurities). The pressure on the body was lessened and the pure blood formed from young red corpuscles rushed to feed the cells and the body organs and released them from harmful residues, damages and secretions. The Arab Messenger (Communication with Al’lah and Peace are through him) said, “Cupping is the most helpful act for human beings to cure themselves with.”