INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

PROPHETIC WET CUPPING PRACTICES

FOR DEGENERATIVE DISEASE PATIENTS
AT WAROENG SEHAT TANGERANG SELATAN:
A PRELIMINARY STUDY
FLORI R. SARI,1 M. ARSKAL SALIM G.P,2 FIKA EKAYANTI,1 IMAM SUBCHI,3 AZIZ
AL-SAFI ISMAIL,4 MERY NITALIA,1

1Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Banten

2Faculty of Sharia and Law, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Banten
3Faculty of Adab and Humaniora, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta,
Banten
4Faculty of Medicine, Lincoln University College, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Nominee Penelitian Terbaik PTKI, Biannual Conference on Research Result 2019
Ancient Time
EGYPT
The Ebers Papyrus in
1550 B.C had
mentioned cupping as
the treatment to
remove noxious
substances.
Cupping tools were
depicted in the
Temple of Kom Ombo
A Handbook of
Prescriptions for
Emergencies (Xi Hung, 281
– 341)

“Horn-based cupping
tools were applied to
remove purulent pus.”

Materia Medica (Zhao

Xuemin, Dinasti Qing)

“Cupper from bamboo

and potteries applied
together with herbal
liquid.”
Herodotus from Rome (413 SM) stated
that cupping may give beneficial effect on
vertigo, syncope, bleeding, menstrual
disturbances, fever, weakness, immune
disturbances
 Bronze cupper, Pompeii, 300 BC – 300
AD

Cucurbit (cupper in Greek) as a symbol of

doctor in Ancient Greek Civilization. Aulus
Cornelius Celsus (25 SM) in De Medicina
applied cupping for abcess.
Pierre Dionis,
France surgeon,
1733 designed
specific tools as a
cupping lancing
devices.
Recent Time
Michael Phelps competes at the Rio Olympics with circular
bruises from cupping on his shoulders and back.
Chinese swimmer
Wang Qun was
seen with marks
from a cupping
treatment a few
days before the
start of the
Beijing 2008
Olympic Games.
 Pepper Potts showed up
with cupping sign on the
back

Justin Bieber with

abdominal cupping
 Prophetic cupping is not evidence-
based....

VS.

BEKAM (HIJAMAH) VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE

• Practiced and accepted• Practiced recently, accepted
throughout centuries internationally for surgery
• 61 international journal• 3577 international journal
published in SCOPUS- published in SCOPUS-indexed
indexed journal journal
PRINCIPLE OF TREATMENT IS IDENTICAL
1
1 To provide evidences about prophetic
cupping practices in South Tangerang.
2
2
To observe the beneficial effect of
prophetic cupping on patients with
degenerative diseases.
 DEFINITION
Cupping in
languanges : kop
(Indonesia), hijamah
(Arabic), cucurbit
(Rome/Greek),
cupping (English),
fire-bottle (English)),
blood-letting
(English), pa hou
kuan (Mandarin)
 PROPHETIC CUPPING DEFINITION

Cupping came from

hajama that means
sucking.
Ibnu Al Qayyim :
Prophetic cupping is a
protocol that
employed the
sucking of the blood.
 PROPHETIC CUPPING DEFINITION

Prophetic cupping is
the application of
negative pressure to
suck the skin and its
lower layer and
followed by incision
to suck the blood.
 VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE

A
 MATERIAL AND METHOD

Subject selection : patients with

degenerative disease, either single or
combination
Prophetic wet cupping : performed by
Waroeng Sehat twice in one month
duration
Blood parameter : blood pressure, uric
acid, blood glucose and total
cholesterol in accordance with the kit
 RESULTS
Wet Cupping Protocol
 RESULTS
Patient Characteristics
 RESULTS
Patient Characteristics
 RESULTS
Cupping Characteristics
 RESULTS
Blood Analysis
Our preliminary medical observation have
concluded that cupping probably directly works in
tissue or blood by removing foreign or toxic
matters, however, further investigations are fully
required.
1. Blood
from deep
1 2
2
vein 1
2. Blood
from local
cupping
site
(lighter
and
bubble)
 RESULTS
Metabolic Parameters
 AUDIENSI
Ketua Asosiasi Bekam Indonesia : dr. Ali Thoha
 AUDIENSI
Ketua Asosiasi Bekam Malaysia : Prof. Aziz Safi Ismail
 MOU
Lincoln College University, Malaysia
PENGABDIAN MASYARAKAT
Pelatihan dan Seminar
 Separable
Manometer

Cup connector Pump Handle

SACTI
Sub-Atmospheric Cupping Treatment Innovation
 Dummy SACTI prototype
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