The number of people turning to a traditional blood drawing technique called hejaama is increasing in Yemen as many find that modern medicine does not cure certain ailments. In most Arab countries and especially in Yemen, there has been a long history of parallel medical systems for thousands of years. Research shows that hejaama, an Arabic term for a technique known in the west as “cupping," has been used to treat various ailments in Yemen since pre-Islamic times. Hejaama involves burning a small piece of paper under glass cups placed on specific parts of the patient's body. The small flame burns away the oxygen under the cup, creating suction on the patient's skin. The hejaama practitioner removes the cups and, using a sterile razor, makes four to eight small incisions into the flesh where the cups were. The cups are placed back on the back and the paper is burnt again to create suction. Thus, blood is sucked out of the back into the cups through the incisions. Hejaama is used to treat of a broad range of conditions from blood diseases such as hemophilia to hypertension, rheumatic conditions such as arthritis and sciatica, back pain, migraines, anxiety and general physical and mental illness.

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