qartıq alırğa

/qartɯq alɯrʁa/

Intended meaning

To draw off blood from a person with raised blood pressure by piercing the skin and suctioning the blood into a horn, as a folk remedy.
  • Qartıq alıb, içed qan, Kesi da boladı han.Applying the cupping horn, it drinks blood, and it becomes a khan itself.

Variants

  • qartıq salırğa

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