Blood-letting is believed to be an ancient cure for a variety of
ailments and still finds its daily application in the streets of Old
Delhi. Tens of hundreds of patients with the ailment of arthritis,
lumbago, back pain and even cancer come for the treatment at 'Rahat Open
Air Surgery Clinic' just outside Jama Masjid in Old Delhi. The basis of the therapy is the belief that impure blood is the root cause of
all ailments and if you purge them, you get well.
The
practitioner simply using razor blades to cut on both the hands and legs
to drain out the 'bad blood'. The process involves
making a few incisions on the veins of the hands or feet (after the affected
limb is tourniqueted) of the patients and then sprinkling
water on the wounds and applying herbal antiseptic powder.
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