The Effect of Wet Blood Cupping on Alanine Aminotransferase Aspartate Aminotransferase and Albumin in Khartoum State

Abstract

Hejamah or Blood cupping or bloodletting is a traditional Islamic treatment and a part of the prophetic medicine recommended by the prophet Mohammed, Peace Be upon Him .Hejamah is a form of cupping therapy (sucking blood out of the body for healing purposes).This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of hijamah on the liver concentrating specifically in the effect on liver enzymes (AST and ALT) and albumin protein levels. This study was accomplished in Khartoum state on randomly selected forty volunteers from different hijamah centers from the period of February to June 2017. Venous blood sample were collected and processed and analyzed by using BS-200 mindray full automated chemistry analyzer. Data was analyzed by using statistical package for social science (SPSS) computer program version (16.0) to obtain the results. This study showed that ALT plasma level was significantly increased after cupping with p-value=0 .003) (mean± SD =4.310±4.7654 versus 5.997±4.7654). And there was an insignificantly difference in AST level with p-value=0.527) (mean± SD 15.265±13.0057 versus 16.057±12.0513). Also insignificantly difference in Albumin level with p-value= (0.131) (mean± SD 4.217±.3876 versus 4.300±.3876). The study also showed a strong positive significant correlation between AST and ALT pre cupping (r= 0.643**) (P-value=0 .000). And a positive correlation between ALT and AST post cupping (r=0.375*) (p-value=0.017).we can conclude that blood cupping has an effect on ALT level but no effect on AST and Albumin level.