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Hijama Therapy in Istanbul, Turkey by Faruk GunindiThe
following is a guest blog-post in the form of an email received by
Faruk Gunindi, a male cupping therapist from Istanbul, Turkey.
INTRODUCTION:Assalmualaykum
This is Faruk Gunindi from Istanbul, Turkey.
Let
me introduce myself first. I'm 31 years old and an ELT teacher but I
quit teaching last year. I was really interested in Islamic Medicine for
the last 4 years. Since me and my wife couldn't find any answer to our
health problems in Modern Medicine, we looked for something 'really'
helpful. We met Dr. Aidin Salih. She is from Uzbekistan and she has two
degrees: MD (medical doctor) and Biologist. But surprisingly she has
left these two domains and learnt about İslamic medicine about 30 years
ago.
She advised me to have hijama and one of her students
performed hijama on me. I felt really relaxed and light. I couldn't
believe that such little attempt would give that much release!.
Afterwards I searched more about hijama both in Turkey and in the world.
I met plenty of people performing hijama traditionally in Turkey and
also other Muslims around the world who are interested in Hijama.
TRAINING: So I decided to learn more. I travelled three times to London to have Hijama Courses by
CMA (Complementary Medical Association), which is held by
NHNF, and a cupping workshop by
BCS (British Cupping Society). I joined
ICTS (International Cupping Therapy Society) by the encouragement of brother Munir of
www.zhijama.co.uk. Since my degree is different, I attended a medical massage therapist course in Turkey and had a certification.
Then me and some of my friends established a society about all Sunnah treatments: Sade Hayat Society
(http://en.sadehayat.org).
We had a number of seminars and conferences about Islamic Medicine with
Dr. Aidin Salih all over Turkey. We visited 17 cities to represent
Hijama and all other Sunnah Treatments. Also we organized a conference
about Hijama Therapy in the one and only Traditional Festival which is
held by the government. Dr. Ahmad Younis of British Cupping Society from
London University came and joined the conference
PRACTICE:
Now, we have a clinic and I have been performing hijama for about 2 years (
www.sadepazar.com).
Since I learnt that "a mu'min has to learn more" and "reviving a
forgotten Sunnah" is a treasure, I spent all of my time to do something
better for the Ummah. I found your site and been following you since you
began.
PROMOTION: I also manage some websites. One of them is in Turkish:
www.hacamattedavisi.com (means
hijama therapy) Now I am translating all posts on your blog into
Turkish. If you give me a permission, I'd like to publish them on my
site.
CONCLUSION:Beside
that, I believe that a great Sunnah like Hijama deserves better sites. I
believe we can publish better sites with better design and content if
you like. Also if you like we can organize a seminar, a course programme
or publish a magazine (or even better we can contribute to ICTS's
magazine).
Jazakallah
Faruk Gunindi
FEATURED HIJAMA THERAPIST:
Faruk Gunindi.
PRACTICE LOCATION:
Sade Pazar
Balipasa cd. no:17
Fatih
Istanbul
Turkey
CONTACT DETAILS:
Telephone: 0212 533 2858
Email :
sade...@gmail.comWebsites :
http://www.sadepazar.com
http://en.sadehayat.org www.hacamattedavisi.comOur thanks to Faruk Gunindi in Istanbul, Turkey, for sharing the above post.