WHAT ARE THE METHODS OF HIJAMA

While details vary between practitioners, societies, and cultures, the practice consists of drawing the tissue 

into a cap placed on the targeted area by creating a partial vacuum – either by the heating and 

subsequent cooling of the air in the cup, or via a mechanical pump. The cup is usually left in place 

for somewhere between five and fifteen minutes.

Cupping therapy types can be classified using four distinct methods of categorization. The first system of 

categorization relates to "technical types" including dry, wet, massage, and flash cupping therapy. The 

• The second categorization relates to "the power of suction related types" including light, medium, and 

strong cupping therapy.

•  The third categorization relates to "the method of suction related types" 

including fire, manual suction, and electrical suction cupping therapy. 

• The fourth categorization
• relates to "materials inside cups" including herbal products, water, ozone, moxa, needle, and 

magnetic cupping therapy.

• Further categories of cupping were developed later. The fifth relates to the area treated including: facial, 

abdominal, female, male, and orthopedic cupping therapy. The sixth relates to "other cupping types" 

that include sports and aquatic cupping