Wet cupping therapy for hemochromatosis.
Boyle's law (pressure is inversely related to volume) is applied here. Collected fluids inside skin upliftings contain collected interstitial fluids with CPS (hemolyzed RBCs, high serum iron, liberated hemoglobin and high serum ferritin). No intact blood cells are found in filtered fluids as sizes of intact RBCs are much bigger than sizes of pores of skin capillaries. This creates a pressure gradient and a traction force across skin and capillaries and increases filtration at arterial end of capillaries at net pressure of -163 to -433mmHg and at venous end of capillaries at net pressure of -143 to -413mmHg resulting in clearance of blood from CPS (iron, ferritin and hemolyzed blood cells). Net filtration pressure at renal glomeruli is 10mmHg i.e. hijamah exerts a more pressure-dependent filtration than renal glomeruli. Hijamah benefit patients through inducing negative iron balance. Interestingly, hijamah was reported to decrease serum ferritin significantly in hemochromatosis subjects. Al-hijamah is a highly recommended treatment in prophetic medicine. In conclusion, Al-hijamah may be a promising adjuvant treatment for, hemochromatosis.
