Design and Performance Evaluation of Dry Cupping Tools Described in the Book Al-Tasreef

  • سال انتشار: 1392
  • محل انتشار: مجله پژوهش در تاریخ پزشکی، دوره: 2، شماره: 1
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_RHM-2-1_003
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 52
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نویسندگان

Hassan Yarmohammadi

Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Mohammad J. Mortazavi

Department of Medical Physics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Alireza Mehdizadeh

Department of Medical Physics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Mohamad H. Bahmani Kazerooni

Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Arman Zargaran

Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

چکیده

Dry cupping is one of the main procedures in many traditional medicine systems all around the world with its root in antiquity. Traditional method of dry cupping is depended on practitioner proficiency and can lead to skin burn if the practitioner is a beginner. On the other hand, Zahrawi (۱۱th century AD), the Muslim physician from Andulus (current Spain) presented two novel forms of cup for cupping to improve and correct cupping problems. In this regards, based on the model described in Al-Tasreef, we tried to redesign and manufacture the tools. These tools were made from galvanized iron owing to its nonconductivity of heat. Zahrawi models were compared with traditional model (with the same material and size) by negative pressure of mercury as well as qualitative test performed by a traditional practitioner. The results showed the superiority of Zahrawi’s models (۹۷۹۲Pa and ۱۰۲۰۰Pa) over the traditional model, displaying a better and more stable vacuum pressure (mean: ۸۷۰۴ Pa with variation in repeat the test). Furthermore, the introduced models are user friendly; i.e., every practitioner, even the beginner without specialized skill, may work with them easily. Therefore, the new model is suggested for dry cupping.

کلیدواژه ها

Dry cupping, History of medicine, Zahrawi, Traditional medicine

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