About Bekam Sunnah App
(Bekam) Cupping (Arabic: al-hijamah) is a method of treatment by removing blood stasis (thick) containing toxins from the human body. Berbekam by means of vacuum in the skin and bleeding from her. This understanding includes two principal mechanisms of cupping, the vacuum skin process is then followed by extravasation of skin that has been previously vacuum.
Cupping has been known since ancient times, the royal Sumerian, then continue to grow until Babylon, ancient Egypt, Saba, and Persian. At the time of the Prophet Muhammad, he used buffalo or cow horn, camel bone, ivory.
In ancient China they call hijamah as "care horn" for horn replace the glass. In the period of the 18th century (13th century AH), people in Europe use leeches as a tool for hijamah. At one time, 40 million leeches imported into the country of France for that purpose. Dilaparkan leeches without food. So when attached to a human body that is sick, he will continue to suck the blood had been effectively. Once full, the leeches are not trying again to move, then fell and ended the penghisapannya.
A herbalist Ge Hong (281-341 AD) in his book A Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies using animal horns to membekam / remove ulcers called the technique "jiaofa", whereas during the Tang Dynasty, cupping is used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis. In the period of the 18th century (13th century AH), people in Europe use leeches (al alaq) as a means to bruise and known as leech therapy, such practices are still done up to now.
This treatment is now perfectly and easily modified to use according to scientific principles by using a tool that is practical and effective. Mentioned by Curtis N, J (2005), in the article Management of Urinary tract Infections: historical perspective and current strategies: Part 1-before antibiotics. Journal of Urology. 173 (1): 21-26, January 2005. That's oldest medical records Ebers Papyrus, written around 1550 BC in ancient Egypt mention the problem of cupping. [1]
Hippocrates (460-377 BC), Celsus (53 BC-7 M), Aulus Cornelius Galen (200-300 AD) popularized the direct disposal of blood vessels for the treatment of his time. In conducting the treatment techniques, the amount of blood that came out quite a lot, so it is not infrequently the patient unconscious. This method is also commonly used by the Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Italian by monks who believed in the success and usefulness.