By cutting the arteries and veins on the menus … and a treatment for “lethargy, fatigue, high fever, injuries and bruises.”
Hijama therapy appeared centuries ago to treat a number of conditions that may affect horses, including: “lethargy and stress during training, excessive iron resulting from concentrated food for horses, high temperature, beginning and ending of the season”, in addition to preparing for speed races, marathons and endurance, as well as treating some injuries and bruises .
And “cupping” works to get rid of the excess blood in the horse, through the arteries or veins in the legs, while the “phlebotomy” process is considered to get rid of the excess blood by making small holes in the muscle that is often in the shoulder.
Prince Saif al-Islam the Rasulid, “one of the kings of the Apostolic State that ruled Yemen for 230 years,” stated that cupping therapy for horses is one of the types of alternative medicine or prophetic medicine, and recent reports indicate the UAE’s recent trend towards using cupping as a treatment in the field of horse breeding.
The cupping begins by identifying the places in which the veterinary problem is present, and part of it is shaved to sterilize this part, due to the use of “scalpel, cups and suction” in that area, and the cupping specialist works on the affected area according to his experiences and the degree of blood color that clarifies the problem, and he continues to use the cups in suctioning blood to The blood color becomes normal.
Among the most important benefits of cupping and its good results on horses: “stimulate blood circulation, get rid of blood deposits resulting from giving the horse various vitamins, get rid of excess blood, and rejuvenate the horse, in addition to providing it with lightness and flexibility in movement, and reducing blood flow to the front legs.
Cupping is also considered one of the types of prevention of hoof fever “erysipelas”, which affects horses. The most important sites of phlebotomy are: “the neck vein, the vein feeding the front legs” hands “, and the vein feeding the back legs” legs “.
