[Blood letting by cupping--a "medical" vignette].

ABSTRACT

This is a report on a "clinic" in northern Israel, in which a considerable number of people are treated by bloodletting. The authors witnessed the procedures of cupping various areas of the body and puncturing them by needles. The person in charge, who does not have any medical education or Licensing, and a client were interviewed. This report aims to bring to the attention of the medical community a procedure that spreads within the framework of so-called alternative medicine.