"Hijama & Aromatherapy" Course & Workshop in Leicester in September, 2011

The following is a an announcement by Dr Amal from The Optimum Cure in Leicester, about their forthcoming Hijama & Aromatherapy course.

Hijama Course Starting Soon in Leicester, England

What is hijama?

• Hijama (حجامة‎ ) comes from the root al-hajm, which means “sucking”. Alhijama is the name in Arab traditional medicine for wet cupping. It is a form of medical treatment that has been recommended by shariah. Hijama therapy (cupping) is an ancient therapeutic process and well-known method of treatment, which has been practised by the Arab and Chinese for thousands of years. Hijama is now a well established health profession. It is a holistic approach that has received wide recognition throughout the world.

Details of the course:
• The course is designed for mature persons with an explicit interest in studying alhijama therapy that they can use in helping others within the community, to follow and are interested in spreading out the Sunna
• The new and unique trend in this course is a quick reference to how to use the aromatherapy and essential oils in conjunction with Hijama to treat some conditions.

Aim of the course:
• The aim of the course is to diagnose and treat a wide variety of health conditions according to the practical and theoretical principals of hijama.

Course Duration:
• Three months.

Course fee:
• £400

Course delivery:

To cater for all preferences; the course is going to be delivered as
• A distance learning online course as well as
• In the form of hijama classes lectures at the Optimum Cure Centre in Leicester

Course syllabus:

You will gain a thorough knowledge in Hijama, covering the following topics;
• Definition and aim of the Hijama (cupping) therapy.
• Remedies from the Sunnah, Hijama in Islam.
• Hijama (cupping) in modern times.
• Benefit of (Hijama) cupping therapy.
• Skin
• Blood
• Effect of Hijama (cupping)
• Physiological basis of Hijama (cupping)
• Hijama (cupping) instruments and tools.
• Preparing for Hijama (cupping).
• Methods of Hijama (cupping)
• Dry Hijama (Cupping)
• Massage Hijama (Cupping)
• Wet Cupping Hijama (cupping) procedures.
• How To Make Incisions
• Important Cupping Points
• Areas of Hijama (Cupping)
• Hijama (cupping) therapy in the treatment of common disorders.
• Notes on miscellaneous disorders.
• Precautions and contraindications
• Health And Hygiene
• First Aid
• Consent and medical Form

Exams, assignments and other forms of assessment:
Assessment
• Throughout the course the candidate is going to be assessed through some simple questions to test his/her knowledge
• At the end of the course the candidate will be asked to provide 1200 word essay (with a range of 200 words) about the most recent researches in hijama.

Workshop:
• There is 1-3 days workshop to attend as part of the course.
• The workshop is the opportunity to practice hijama under supervision; you can take it immediately after having finished the course or at a later date according to your convenience.

Workshop fee:
• The 1-3 days work shop fee is £75 (include the hijama (cupping) set and all other materials.

Registration:
• To book send an email to: hijama@theoptimumcure.com
• To download the course application form please visit www.theoptimumcure.com or click here.

More information:
If you have any enquiries, send an email to: hijama@theoptimumcure.com
Dr Amal (0044) 07880741045, (0044) 01162107387



FEATURED ORGANISATION:
The Optimum Cure

LOCATION
Leicester
England

CONTACT DETAILS:
Tel: (0044) 07880741045, (0044) 01162107387
Email: info@theoptimumcure.com or hijama@theoptimumcure.com
Website: www.theoptimumcure.com

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Our thanks to Dr Amal from The Optimum Cure from, Leicester England for sharing the above post. If you have any questions or want to leave some feedback on their course, then please do so via a comment* below.

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Summer 2011 cupping (hijama) training workshops for women in UK

Summer 2011 cupping (hijama) training workshops for women - Information provided by Health Means Wealth
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Cupping (Hijama) Courses

We are currently taking bookings for

Summer 2011 cupping (hijama) training workshops for sisters only

If you have a public venue, Islamic centre, school, college etc and would like us to run a workshop for sisters only, by a female, certified cupping therapist, please kindly contact us on 0789 77 99 691:

Please kindly let us know the name and full address of the venue.

We require a minimum of 10 sisters to purchase the materials and participate in the practical to run the workshops in London and the surrounding area. We require a minimum of 15 sisters to purchase the materials and participate in the practical to run the workshops outside of the London area.

The workshops will run in July/August 2011 in the UK inshAllah.

The one-day workshops are about 7 hours long. The workshops will run on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays inshAllah.

AlhamdiLah all our cupping workshops are FREE to attend. There is a charge for the materials required if you wish to participate in the practical. However, this is optional and everyone is welcome to attend. We will also be offering other remedies from the Sunnah inshAllah.

Please join our FREE newsletter and we will keep you updated inshAllah with our cupping workshops. Alternatively, please continue to check this page for more UK venues and full course details:


http://www.healthmeanswealth.co.uk/Cupping_Courses.php

JazakAllah khair.

Confirmed Venues:

VENUE: Dada Hall Community Centre
20 Brideoak Street
Cheetham Hill
Manchester
M8 OPN

DATE: Monday 25th July 2011

TIME: 11am to 6pm

sisters only
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VENUE: The New Al Baseerah Centre
next to Salafi Bookstore
147 Lumb Lane
Bradford
BD8 7SP

DATE: Tuesday 26th July 2011

TIME: 11am to 6pm

sisters only
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VENUE: The Lounge
Highfields Community Centre
96 Melbourne Road
Leicester
LE2 ODS

DATE: Thursday 28th July 2011

TIME: 11am to 6pm

sisters only
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VENUE: Room N4
Cranford Community College
High Street
Cranford
Hounslow
TW5 9PD

DATE: Tuesday 9th August 2011

TIME: 12pm to 7pm

sisters only
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VENUE: Eton Road Community Centre
Eton Road
Ilford
Essex
IG1 2UE

DATE: Thursday 11th August 2011

TIME: 12pm to 7pm

sisters only
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Venues to be confirmed inshAllah: Rochdale, Nelson, Birmingham, Croydon

IMPORTANT: If you wish to be cupped during the practical in the workshops during Ramadan, you must have been cupped previously as there is a small risk of passing out (less than 1%) when being cupped for the first time in the workshops. You can still participate in the practical and not be cupped. If you wish to be cupped before the workshops please kindly contact us for your nearest cupping therapist.

Bookings: to book a place for our cupping (hijama) workshop, please kindly text us 0789 77 99 691 with the following information:
your full name
the venue where you wish to attend the workshop
the pack size for the material you wish to purchase and use

you will receive a text message from us;
'confirmed'

to confirm your place once we receive your text inshAllah.

Cost: AlhamdiLah all our cupping workshops are FREE to attend. There is a charge for the materials required if you wish to participate in the practical. Sisters are required to purchase the packs for the practical (if they wish to participate) even if they have previously participated in the practical, have purchased some of the materials from us or already have some of the materials. Each sister who participates in the practical will require her own pack. The pack is for one person for the practical and cannot be shared. Each sister who participates in the practical will practise dry, massage and wet cupping and will also have dry, massage and wet cupping perfomed on her. If a sister only wants to practise cupping (without it being performed on her) or only wants to have it performed on her (without practising it) will still require her own pack for the practical. This will enable us to be able to cover our overheads and continue to offer the workshops inshAllah.

pack 1 (for one person for the practical):
for materials (with 6 cup cupping set) £60

pack 2 (for one person for the practical):
for materials (with 12 cup cupping set) £65 (OUT OF STOCK)

pack 3 (for one person for the practical):
for materials (with 18 cup cupping set) £70

pack 4 (for one person for the practical):
for materials (with 24 cup cupping set) £75 (OUT OF STOCK)

Materials include:

cupping therapy box set with chrome coated suction pump for dry and massage cupping
cupping therapy plastic cup for wet cupping
cupping therapy plastic suction pump for wet cupping
Cupping (Hijama) Information Pack
'Cupping - The Great Missing Therapy' by Dr. Sahbaa M.Bondok
'Cupping - A Practice Of The Prophet r and A Miraculous Way Of Treatment' by Shihab Al-Badry Yasin
'Al-Hijama 'Alaaj Nabawee' by Mustafa Mohammed Imam
organic black seed oil
organic olive oil
all disposable materials required for wet cupping
bottled water and honey
berny dates

Sisters will keep and take home all the above materials except for the plastic cup for

wet cupping and all disposable materials required for wet cupping as these will become contaminated with blood and therefore must be safely disposed of at the end of the session inshAllah.

Course Programme

part 1 introduction to dry, massage and wet cupping

part 2 theory

part 3 questions and answers

part 4 remedies from the Sunnah

part 5 demonstration of dry, massage and wet cupping

part 6 practical (sisters participating in the practical will get into partners and practise dry and massage cupping on each other, the instructor will perform wet cupping on each sister participating in the practical, then if both partners are happy the instructor will supervise each sister practise wet cupping on her partner inshAllah) t

If you wish to participate in the practical, please kindly text us on 0789 77 99 691 so we may ensure we have sufficient supplies for everyone inshAllah.

Certificates: Health Means Wealth Certificates of Participation (completion) will only be available to sisters who attend and participate in the practical. Please kindly note these certificates are not a qualification nor certificates of competence. Rather, they are proof that the sister has attended the workshop and participated in the practical. Certificates are £30.

Please kindly note that although our workshops are thorough and sisters will be able to practise cupping (hijama) on family and friends inshAllah, by participating in the workshop, it does not necessarily allow sisters to offer cupping (hijama) on a professional, qualified level. We recommend sisters to take further professional training if they wish to offer cupping (hijama) as a qualified therapist.

FEATURED HIJAMA THERAPISTS:
Health Means Wealth

LOCATION
Health Means Wealth
PO BOX 2870
Purley
Surrey
CR8 2WL
UK

CONTACT DETAILS:
Email: enquiries@healthmeanswealth.co.uk
Website: www.healthmeanswealth.co.uk
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First International Cupping Therapy Conference on 22 - 24 July, 2011

The following is an announcement by Kaleem Ullah of the British Cupping Society:

First International Cupping Therapy Conference

Date: 22nd – 24th July

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Overview:

It is our great pleasure and honour to announce the 1st International Conference to be held on the 22nd to 24th of July 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference has been arranged by the British Cupping Society (BCS) and the Turkish Natural Health Institute (NHI).

The theme of the conference is “Evidence Based Traditional Medicine”. It will provide a platform for our participants to interact and share their clinical and research experiences on strategies related to Cupping Therapy with particular focus on wet cupping therapy.

The three-day conference will be made up of by a variety of sessions, including plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, oral/poster presentations, and an exhibition. Through this event, we hope to provide unique opportunities to international academic scientists, industry researchers and students to exchange and share their experiences and research in Cupping Therapy, specifically designed to:

- SHOWCASE RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICE
- STIMULATE INNOVATION
- PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DEBATE AND NETWORKING
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
- AID FUNDING FOR RESEARCH
- ON CLINICAL SKILLS


International Conference Welcome and Overview


Conference Registration Form


British Cupping Society:
W: www.britishcuppingsociety.org
E: info@britishcuppingsociety.org
T: +44(0)7917161642

Turkish Natural Health Institute:
W: www.sadehayat.org
E: farukgunindi@gmail.com
T: +905052920279


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FEATURED ORGANISATION:
British Cupping Society

CONTACT DETAILS:
81 Corbet Close,
Hackbridge,
Wallington,
Surrey,
England
SM6 7AR

Tel: +44 (0)20 8669 6639
web: www.britishcuppingsociety.org

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Sunnah Days For Cupping (Hijama) Rajab 1432 / June 2011

Sunnah Days For Cupping (Hijama): Rajab 1432 - Information provided by Health Means Wealth
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The Sunnah days for wet cupping (hijama) in this month of Rajab are as follows:

Tuesday 19th Rajab 1432 - 21st June 2011

Thursday 21st Rajab 1432 - 23rd June 2011


Please kindly note that these dates are based on the new, lunar month according to the sighting of the new moon by the naked eye, as cupping (hijama) is a form of worship. These dates may sometimes vary from the calculated, lunar dates.

AlhamdIlah the Sunnah Days are also posted on our website every month:

http://www.healthmeanswealth.co.uk/index.php?pr=Sunnah_Days

Cupping (Hijama) In Its Time Is A Cure For Every Disease

Abu Hurairah (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, "Whoever performs cupping (hijama) on the 17th, 19th or 21st day (of the Islamic, lunar month) then it is a cure for every disease." [Saheeh Sunan abi Dawud (3861)].

The Best Days For Cupping (Hijama)

Ibn Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, "Cupping (hijama) on an empty stomach* is best. It increases the intellect and improves the memory. It improves the memory of the one memorising. So whoever is going to be cupped then on a Thursday in the name of Allaah. Keep away from being cupped on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Be cupped on a Monday or Tuesday. Do not be cupped on a Wednesday because it is the day that Ayoub was befallen with the trial. You will not find leprosy except (by being cupped) on Wednesday or Wednesday night." [Saheeh Sunan ibn Maajah (3488)].

* 'alaa ar-reeq in arabic means to fast until after being treated with cupping. Once the treatment of cupping has been completed, one may eat and drink.

As for the Islamic day and night, the night enters before the day. So at sunset on Tuesday, Wednesday night comes in. Cupping (hijama) is best performed during the daytime between the athaan of fajr and the athaan of maghrib because yawm in arabic means daytime.

The Sunnah days for cupping (hijama) every month are when the 17th or 19th or 21st of the lunar month coincide with a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday. These are the best and most beneficial days for cupping (hijama). If one is not able to be cupped on 17th, 19th or 21st (coinciding with Monday, Tuesday or Thursday) then any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday of the month.

Cupping (Hijama) For Women

Jaabir ibn Abdullah y reported Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) asked permission from the Messenger r to be treated with cupping (hijama). So the Messenger r ordered Abu Teeba t to cup her. Jaabir ibn Abdullah y said, " I think he r said that Abu Teeba t is her brother through breastfeeding or a young boy who didn't reach puberty". [Saheeh Muslim (5708), abu Dawud (4102), Saheeh ibn Maajah (3480)].

Dry and massage cupping may be performed at any time.

We pray you find this information helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries, comments or feedback.
JazakAllah khair for your support.

The Messenger (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, "Whoever revives a Sunnah from my Sunnah and the people practise it, will have the same reward of those who practise it without their reward diminishing…"
[Sunan ibn Maajah (209)].

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JazakAllah khair.

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Remedies From The Sunnah


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FEATURED HIJAMA THERAPISTS:
Health Means Wealth

LOCATION
Health Means Wealth
PO BOX 2870
Purley
Surrey
CR8 2WL
UK

CONTACT DETAILS:
Email: enquiries@healthmeanswealth.co.uk
Website: www.healthmeanswealth.co.uk
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"Cupping: Mind, body and soul"

"Cupping: Mind, body and soul" an article from the Express Tribune of Pakistan.

The following article is reproduced from http://tribune.com.pk/story/149447/cupping-mind-body-and-soul with the kind permission of the author.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and / or featured therapist and do not necessarily entirely reflect the position of the publishers of this blog.


Cupping therapy. Ever heard of it? I hadn’t and so I was looking forward to attending a talk on this age-old alternative healing practice. The talk was held in the basement of N’ecos (which has the most amazing French toast by the way). The venue made perfect sense because its basement serves as a ‘natural store’ of sorts, dealing in all kinds of chemical-free organic remedies.

“We support all things natural, and since cupping serves as a divergence from the usual artificially created medicines, we thought why not have the talk here?,” Nilofer Saeed, owner of N’ecos told me. While the owner pointed out that she herself wasn’t sure if she believed in the healing powers of cupping, she thought N’ecos would serve as a good platform for open discussion and raising awareness.

A comfortable group of 10 to 15 men and women of different ages huddled together to listen to what cupping therapist, Mr. Usman Baluch had to say. We were told that cupping, or Al-Hijamah, is an ancient Arab tradition, which was used and promoted by the Holy Prophet (pbuh). It consists of the “application of cups to various points of the body by removing the air inside to form a vacuum,” basically a kind of suction.

The therapy is said to get rid of acidic toxic waste, which tends to accumulate in the human body overtime. In addition to this, Baluch claimed that cupping not only provides stress and headache relief, but that it also cures blood pressure problems, athletic injuries, kidney failure and even Parkinson’s disease. Extolling the virtues of this technique, Baluch claims he has successfully managed to reduce a patients’ blood pressure by the use of cupping in the short span on 15 minutes. And in the case of Judy, a Parkinson’s patient living in Australia. “She was unable to walk,” he told us, and “in 15 days she was 70 percent cured”.

So are any of Pakistan’s glitterati cupping disciples? Baluch mentions designer Maheen Khan and actress Zeba Bakhtiar as numbering among his clients. That’s when Nilofar chipped in to say that Zeba looked “fabulous” the last time they met and gave the credit to her cupping sessions. “That’s when I realized that cupping is all the rage,” said Nilofar. “I’m not sure I’d go for it but Zeba looked terrific and I wanted to make people aware of this alternative healing method.”

Another fairly young girl told me that she and her mother had both gotten cupping done, and that it had given her a lot of “positive energy and mental rejuvenation.”

Mr Altaf Ahmad Paracha, also had a story to tell: he had tripped while performing ablutions and had badly injured his foot, which not only caused him severe pain but also took away his ability to walk. He spent 45 days going to doctors across the city but nothing helped. He then decided to try cupping and went to his local mosque where they performed the practice free of charge. He told me that three incisions were made on his foot, a process called wet cupping. I asked him if the idea of someone cutting up his foot outside of a hospital setting scared him, but he laughed and said “it was sunnah, a practice endorsed by the Prophet. There was no reason to be scared”. In ten minutes he was completely healed and managed to walk back to his car.

The small audience actively participated in the question and answer session that followed Baluch’s informative presentation.

Can it cure cancer?” someone asked.

It’s all about the mindset. You have to have faith”, Baluch replied.

“Can it get rid of stress?” a lady asked.

“That’s something very mamuli (Urdu for: "minor"),” he replied, laughing.

“What about obesity?” another girl asked. Baluch replied saying that he had helped a man reduce two belt sizes in a span of just one week.

“Of course he was given a diet plan in addition to a cupping session,” Baluch told us, after seeing our shocked expressions.

Interestingly enough, cupping isn’t just a practice that is endorsed in this part of the world — Western celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, Victoria Beckham and Jessica Simpson have all tried it.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 15th, 2011.

FEATURED HIJAMA THERAPIST:
Usman Baloch

LOCATION:
Opposite Shahnai Marriage Hall,
Main Road Gulshan-e-Ravi
Lahore
Pakistan

CONTACT DETAILS:
Email: musenett@gmail.com / info@cupping.ws
Website: www.cupping.ws

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Our thanks to Br Usman Baloch from Lahore, Pakistan for sharing the above post. If you have any questions for Br Usman or indeed have been treated by him and want to leave him a testimonial, then please do so via a comment* below.

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