The Effect of Blood Cupping on Plasma Creatinine and Uric Acid Levels

Abstract

Cupping is an ancient mode of therapy for various ailments, practiced and recommended by ancient healers.This study was conducted to investigate the effect of blood cupping on some biochemical parameters. Fourty peopleswere selected randomly between ages 20 to 70 years. Blood samples were collectedfrom World Center for Prophetic Medicine and Organization of Rawabhin Khartoum State. The samples were collected from vein before and ten to fourteen days after cupping of each individual for the analysis of biochemical parametersin the period between February to May 2017.Plasma creatinine and uric acid levels were measured by BS-380 chemistry analyzer and results were analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS), computer programmed version 11.5.The study showed that, the mean plasma levels of creatinine was significantly decreased after cupping compared to the level before cupping (1.12±2.17 mmoL/L) (mean±SD:1.42±2.26mmoL/L)respectively, with p.value (0.000).The mean plasma levels of uric acid before cupping was significantly decreased after cupping (mean±SD:4.33±1.74 mmoL/L) (3.36±1.58 mmoL /L) respectively, with p.value (0.000).Also the finding of this study showed that blood preassure was significantly decreased after cupping (mean±SD:102.3±13.3mmHg) (97.6±11.1 mmHg), withp.value (0.008). Person correlation showed that, there was significant positive correlation between creatinine level and uric acid level in pre and post (r=0.379 , p.value =0.016) (r=0.399 , p.value =0.011) respectively. The study concluded that , there were significant decreased in the plasma level of creatinine, uric acid and blood preassurein post cupping.