Sunday, January 17, 2010

Ouch!!

That is what Danny is saying right now after undergoing his first session with a Chinese doctor! We decided that he should try alternative medicine for possible relief of his back pain that he has had constantly for years now! Some of my friends use this doctor and a few of them even studied under her last year to learn some techniques. We really weren't sure what to expect today when she came to our house.

She first listened to his pulse for a long time - she decided from that, that he could have poor circulation. Then she looked at his tongue - I'm not sure what she came up with from that. Whatever the case, she chose three different techniques. The first one she did was acupuncture. She put the needles around his neck area which is also bothering him. Next, she did the cupping method, which is where she lights a match into a glass and immediately puts the glass on the back to suck out the toxins. The last technique was scraping. For this she used the cups that were sucking the toxins to rub them up and down his back. He did get a massage after the torture, but I'm not sure how much he really enjoyed this!!

This is what his back looked like after she was done with him. OUCH!!!I'm pretty sure I am going to stick with traditional medicine!

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