Bollywood just added to fantasies created by fairytales and Alif Laila, where not only by rubbing a lamp a genie appeared with ‘Kia Hukm hai mere aaqa’, but also in cases when lamp was not available, genie could be called by rubbing Angoothi
Anghastari pe yaad ayaa, jawani main ek nazam likhi thee jis kaa aghaaz aise hotaa thaa (background is this ke jis khatoon pe hum zabardasti ashiq thay, oon kee kahi aur mangni ho ga’ee :D)
Mohabbat naam hay bus dil ke milne kaa
Aur dil kee ungliyaan hoti nahi hain
Ke oon pe aur kisi naam kee angashtari chamke ..
But who is behind these Angoothiyan and myths related to them :ASA:
It was traditionally believed that there was a vein running from the ring finger to the heart, and it was termed 'Vena amoris'. It is latin for 'vein of love'. However it is not a fact that the ring finger contains a vein which connects it to the heart. It is just a traditional belief.
This is an excerpt from the source:
Well, the western custom of placing the ring on the third finger of the left hand was originated with the Greeks. In the third century B.C. Greek physicians with their misguided interpretation of human anatomy thought that a vein of blood ran directly from the third finger on the left hand to the heart.