An Iraqi practitioner removes a blood-full suction cup, applied on the back of a patient, at his medical practice in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City, 07 June 2007. Murtada Abu Ali, 45, has become a regular for this ancient treatment known by its Arabic name of 'hijama', or sucking, and says it helps him in a way no modern medicine can. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

An Iraqi practitioner removes a blood-full suction cup, applied on the back of a patient, at his medical practice in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City, 07 June 2007. Murtada Abu Ali, 45, has become a regular for this ancient treatment known by its Arabic name of 'hijama', or sucking, and says it helps him in a way no modern medicine can.

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