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Cupping is an element of prophetic medicine, as it has achieved remarkable successes that have attracted attention and are still rising today to be considered the third treatment in terms of importance after acupuncture and massage. Wet Cupping works to activates blood circulation and opens the pores of the skin, which contributes to removing pathological effects, lowering blood pressure and pulse, and reducing the amount of sugar in the blood. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Wet Cupping in treating blood pressure and compare it with the treatment used by presenting an analytical comparison between 20 blood pressure patients from the city of Gharyan, of both sexes, whose ages varied from 45 to 80 years. The cases were divided into two groups. 10 people were described as the control group, the blood pressure of each of them was measured two hours before and after taking the treatment. 10 people who were in the control group, had their blood pressure measured two hours before and after cupping during three sessions that lasted 45 days. Based on the comparison between the results of blood pressure measurements before and after Wet Cupping for both the groups obtained from the study sample using statistical studies, it was found that cupping has the same effect treatment in maintaining the blood pressure level.

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Hemoglobin is one of the body's important proteins as it carries out the function of transporting oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body's organs and parts, and returning carbon dioxide from different parts of the body to the lungs, but an increase in the percentage of hemoglobin in the blood above the normal rate is a pathological condition that results in many symptoms, the most important of which are feeling tired, high blood pressure and inability to breathe. The main reason for this condition is the increased production of red blood cells in the spinal cord, which is caused by a deficiency in the amount of oxygen in the blood. Smoking is one of the main causes of a deficiency in the amount of oxygen in the blood, as this study aims to clarify the extent of the effect of smoking on increasing the percentage of hemoglobin in the blood, by presenting an analytical comparison between 200 cases in the Gharyan area (100 cases of smokers and 100 cases of non-smokers) ranging in age from 18 to 80 years. A complete blood count (C.B.C) test was performed on all blood samples obtained. The results obtained from the study sample were compared using statistical studies, which showed that the hemoglobin percentage of blood samples from smokers was higher compared to the hemoglobin percentage of blood samples from the non-smokers group. The results also showed that the relationship between age and 79 | African Journal of Advanced Pure and Applied Sciences (AJAPAS) hemoglobin percentage in the blood of the smokers' group was weak and almost non-existent, while in the non smoker's group the relationship was inverse, meaning that the older the age, the lower the hemoglobin percentage, and this may be due to some other reasons.  

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The current study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of wet cupping for some blood parameters and whether there are significant differences between blood parameters before and after cupping, as well as the effect of cupping on the immune system by measuring the number of lymphocytes and neutrophils. The study included 33 samples of both sexes from the city of Gharyan, ranging in age from 20 to 60 years. Researchers measured blood analyses using comprehensive blood samples, which included a hemoglobin analysis, the number of white blood cells, the number of platelets, and the percentage of both lymphocytes and neutrophils. Researchers took the blood sample before the cupping procedure and repeated the Secord draw from the same case a week later. The results showed that cupping had a minor effect on the variables studied. There were no significant changes in the averages of the variables under study, especially the counts of red blood cells, hemoglobin, platelets, white blood cells, and lymphocytes, but the current results showed an increase in the level of neutrophils.