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Fas1975 said:
Echo66 said:
The method via the NHS & most acupuncturists I know or have used does not involve cutting the skin at all. Never heard of that in the 8 years i've used acu & its certainly not used in NHS. Maybe the above method is Islam specific.
Where do you see cut skin?Fas1975 said:
Echo66 said:
The method via the NHS & most acupuncturists I know or have used does not involve cutting the skin at all. Never heard of that in the 8 years i've used acu & its certainly not used in NHS. Maybe the above method is Islam specific.
Where do you see cut skin?Neil H said:
"the neutrality of this article is disputed"Really?
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Fas1975 said:
Where do you see cut skin?
In Finland a cut is made into the skin under the cup, so it fills with blood. Googled "kuppaus". 
Is 'cupping' a miracle cure or the silliest celebrity health fad ever?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2311418/...
A while ago, I remember hearing something on the radio about a model or an actress who had turned up at a red carpet thing wearing a strapless dress and it was noted that there were marks from "cupping" on her back and shoulders.
At the time, I found this confused.
To me, "cupping" meant taking a polystyrene drinks cup, smearing a light covering of grease around the lip and surreptitiously sticking it on a colleagues hard hat.
At the time, I found this confused.
To me, "cupping" meant taking a polystyrene drinks cup, smearing a light covering of grease around the lip and surreptitiously sticking it on a colleagues hard hat.
I work with Chinese people. They do all sorts of things to cure pain or illness which we Westerners find very odd. But they swear by it.
If they have muscular pain, they do what they call "rubbing". They pummel that part of the body until it's bruised really badly - apparently it hurts like hell, but they say it's necessary because it brings the "badness" to the surface. (This is out of the mouth of a University Graduate, so she's not dumb). The body looks horrific afterwards, like they've been in a car crash, but they say it'll heal the muscular problem far faster than any Western treatment.
I keep an open mind - I think we could learn from other cultures, just as they learn from ours. But what I find interesting is that they seem very keen to take advantage of our medicines, using them alongside their own cures.
If they have muscular pain, they do what they call "rubbing". They pummel that part of the body until it's bruised really badly - apparently it hurts like hell, but they say it's necessary because it brings the "badness" to the surface. (This is out of the mouth of a University Graduate, so she's not dumb). The body looks horrific afterwards, like they've been in a car crash, but they say it'll heal the muscular problem far faster than any Western treatment.
I keep an open mind - I think we could learn from other cultures, just as they learn from ours. But what I find interesting is that they seem very keen to take advantage of our medicines, using them alongside their own cures.
nicanary said:
I keep an open mind - I think we could learn from other cultures, just as they learn from ours. But what I find interesting is that they seem very keen to take advantage of our medicines, using them alongside their own cures.
Funny, that. It's like someone who has faith healing and a vaccine - "look! Prayer cured me! Praise be to Jesus!" Or, maybe it was solely the vaccine and the mumbo jumbo chanting had nothing to do with it.Another Tim Minchin quote: "If you open your mind too much, your brain will fall out."
I'll just leave this Dara O'Briain quote here:-
"Chinese medicine, oh, Chinese medicine! "But there are billions of Chinese, Chinese medicine must be working." Here's the skinny on Chinese medicine. A hundred years ago the average life expectancy in China was 30. The life expectancy in China at the moment is 73. And it's not feckin' tiger penis that turned it around for the Chinese. Didn't do much for the tiger, if you don't mind me pointing out."
"Chinese medicine, oh, Chinese medicine! "But there are billions of Chinese, Chinese medicine must be working." Here's the skinny on Chinese medicine. A hundred years ago the average life expectancy in China was 30. The life expectancy in China at the moment is 73. And it's not feckin' tiger penis that turned it around for the Chinese. Didn't do much for the tiger, if you don't mind me pointing out."
nicanary said:
I work with Chinese people. They do all sorts of things to cure pain or illness which we Westerners find very odd. But they swear by it.
If they have muscular pain, they do what they call "rubbing". They pummel that part of the body until it's bruised really badly - apparently it hurts like hell, but they say it's necessary because it brings the "badness" to the surface. (This is out of the mouth of a University Graduate, so she's not dumb). The body looks horrific afterwards, like they've been in a car crash, but they say it'll heal the muscular problem far faster than any Western treatment.
I keep an open mind - I think we could learn from other cultures, just as they learn from ours. But what I find interesting is that they seem very keen to take advantage of our medicines, using them alongside their own cures.
They also have a mindset that the rarer something is the more valuable it is. Most of the value of 'rare' things are in their healing properties, and it creates a self fulfilling prophecy whereby something gets rarer, and more valuable, and so more effort is put into capturing it, then there are less of them, and so it gets rarer, and more valuable etc etc until there is only 1 item left. Once that is killed there are simply no more. If they have muscular pain, they do what they call "rubbing". They pummel that part of the body until it's bruised really badly - apparently it hurts like hell, but they say it's necessary because it brings the "badness" to the surface. (This is out of the mouth of a University Graduate, so she's not dumb). The body looks horrific afterwards, like they've been in a car crash, but they say it'll heal the muscular problem far faster than any Western treatment.
I keep an open mind - I think we could learn from other cultures, just as they learn from ours. But what I find interesting is that they seem very keen to take advantage of our medicines, using them alongside their own cures.
Chinese medicine has a lot to answer for in our world. 250 years you could see the logic, now we know better.
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