BLEEDING

A Dictionary of Islam · 1885 · p. 41

Arabic حجامة‎ ḥijāmah . The two great cures recommended by Muḥammad were blood-letting and drinking honey; and he taught that it was unlucky to be bled on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, the most lucky day being Tuesday, and the most lucky date the seventeenth of the month. ( Mishkāt , xxi. c. 1.)