Wet cupping or bloodletting is one of the oldest therapies in Traditional Medicine among different nations. It has been used for more than 3,000 years. It is believed that the Egyptians were the first people to use this method as a treatment and as a preventative technique in medicine.
After that, Arab people (Hijama الحجامة), Iranian (Hejamat, حجامت) and the east of Asia also began using this therapy regularly to treat a variety of diseases and a way to preventing some illnesses. It helps to drain toxins from the body. There is a piece of strong advice in some religions like Islam to do Hijama regularly to keep people in the health situation
Overall it is a safe procedure. But it does have some side effects:
