Hijama effects on (Importance of the skin, Blood, Qi, Stagnation and more) #1

emon (38)in #health • 7 years ago

Importance of the skin

Any topical stimulus that is directed to influence and manipulate the internal or external organs must start with the skin. the body's first contact with the outside world is through the skin and it is true to say that the skin is the mirror of out health. If a person has good health, his or her skin will be shiny, tight and smooth and will respond to temperature and will be warm when touched. The skin protects the body from pathogens and plays a role in a number of body functions. It is the main organ of sensation, through many millions of nerve endings contained in its structure.

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The main fourteen channels with a direct link to the internal organs lie within the skin. When stimulating a particular point through Hijama, the organ's blood and Qi is manipulated. In chinese medicine the skin is directly controlled and influenced by the lungs. The lungs spred the Qi and fluids all over the body through the skin.

Blood

Blood is transformed from the essence of food produced through the functional activity of Qi that circulates through the blood vessels and nourishes the body tissue. Blood is derived from food and Qi and produced by the spleen. (Blood will be discussed in detail in the section about the anatomy of the body)

Qi

Qi is the invisible life force - like air and wind. the west tries to define Qi as 'the energy of life', 'wital force', 'life force', 'energy', but there is no Western equivalent. When we are ill we feel weak and have a low energy level but when we feel better we feel more energetic and much stronger. So we all experience the existence of Qi continuously. Movement of any kind requires Qi and often this manifested as heat. Lack of energy is signified by cold.

When treating a disease at the Qi level, the external pathogen is still fighting at the body's overall resistance is still good. Some clinical manifestations of this are a high fever, a cough with thin yellow phlegm, wheezing and thirst. Hijama treatment at this level is very effective.

Stagnation

stagnation of body systems can be the result of lack of movement, injury, stress, a lack of blood, Qi or the invasion of cold into the body and joints. Cold drinks and foods or irregular feeding habits can also cause accumulation

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problems. All these impair the Spleen's function of transformation and transportation. Clinical manifestations of this are restlessness, vomiting, and the production of phlegm, diarrhea, constipation, a hardened stomach and painful abdomen. Hijama relives all these symptoms.

Regardless of the cause, Hijama can be applied to specific points of the body like what is done in acupuncture, to the area that is dysfunctional. After a short time the patient will feel warmth and there will be a reduction of pain.

Fluids in the body can also become stagnant and they are necessary to help the stomach carry out its proper digestive function.

Hijama therapy regulates the flow of Qi and blood. Ii also helps draw out and eliminate pathogenic factors like wind,cold,damp and heat. Hijama also moves Qi and blood and opens the pores of the skin,thus,assisting the removal of pathogens through the skin.