Table 2.

Short-term effect of Hijama on saliva volume (intergroup comparison; N = 41).

Parameter	Category	Control (N = 20) mean SD		Hijama (N = 21) Mean SD		p-value1	p-value2
Post intervention volume	mL, mean (SD)	2.78	1.26	4.33	1.24	<0.001∗	0.001∗
Δ volume	mL, mean (SD)	−0.60	0.48	1.00	1.18	<0.001∗	<0.001∗

Δ volume: pre to post (30 min after intervention) change in saliva volume. ∗ Statistically significant result (p < 0.05).

Test used: ¹ independent t-test, ² Mann Whitney U test.