PRACTICE OF CUPPING THERAPY IN MOROCCO (REGION: RABAT-SALE, FEZ)

Soufiane Ouelkabir*, Chaimae brahmi and Soufiane Derraji

ABSTRACT

Some diseases still remain without effective treatments. This has motivated many researchers to return to ancient treatment techniques to find a cure for these diseases. Vacuum bloodletting (all hijama) has emerged as one of the effective therapies, and one for which the use is important. It is in the interest of patients to use light, inexpensive therapies without adverse effects in non-organic conditions. The integration of these therapies into the health care system would undoubtedly help to reduce the burden on the conventional health care system. Our work is a descriptive study on the practice of cupping therapy in Morocco which aims to reveal and have more information on the practice of bloodletting in Morocco, this study includes 10 practitioners of cupping therapy and 20 patients benefiting from this therapy of different ages and sexes. The endpoint was patient satisfaction. The other criteria were disease-specific parameters and side effects of the technique. Then, the evaluation criteria of the practitioners of cupping were: the types of establishments, the status of the practitioners, the products used.

Keywords: Practice. Cupping therapy. Practitioners. Patients.