 hakim bin hizam said among what we learned from arab medicine in the preislamic era was that cupping was not performed for the elderly. and on the authority of saeed bin almusayyab he disliked cupping for the elderly and said it takes away the soul of the elderly.
قال حكيم بن حزام مما علمنا من طب العرب في الجاهلية ترك الحجامة للشيخ. وعن سعيد بن المسيب أنه يكره الحجامة للشيخ الكبير ويقول تذهب بنفس الشيخ.