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 peoples were

selected randomly between ages 20 to 70 years. Blood samples were collected

from World Center for Prophetic Medicine and Organization of Rawabh in

Khartoum State. The samples were collected from vein before and ten to fourteen

days after cupping of each individual for the analysis of biochemical parameters in

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±2.26 mmoL/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±13.3 mmHg) (97.6±11.1

mmHg), with p.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 preassure in post cupping.