Today, Thurday 5th August 2010, i went to a cupping course.
There are two ways people can fall short when it comes to remedies.
1) they put their trust in Allah alone and do not try any remedies.
2)they put thier trust in the remedy alone. (this can lead to Shirk)
i've learnt a lot on this course. and i have still a lot to learn.
there are three type of cupping: Dry cupping, Massage cupping and wet cupping.
dry and massage cupping are not from the sunnah, but fall under the hide category of "for every disease there is a remedy"
fire cupping is not used anymore as it is too hazardous and also it is harder to control the tension. therefore we nowadays used the pumps.