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Is that healthy?!
Ok well my race, Vietnamese (I don't know if any other Asian race does this) does this thing when we're sick and I'm not sure if it’s supposed to be safe or not.
When we're really sick, we lay on our back and get someone else to put like lotion or something on our back and get this special spoon (Asians use to drink soup with) and scratch our backs really hard and stop when it's so red with like dots that looks like it's going to bleed.
I frankly don't think it works nor is it safe. Wouldn't scratching your back mean damaging your skin? But we're potion lotion on it so...
But it's red as if it's going to bleed. Doesn't sound good to me.
And if Caucasians see it, they'd think our husbands whipped us or something!
I asked my mom how in the world is it safe. Did the doctor suggest it to her? She says no but everyone of our race does it as a custom.
Now, just because everyone else does it doesn’t mean you have to do it, right?
I remember the one time I was sick and my dad did it for me cuz he said I had to and it hurt like HELL!
My mom says that if it hurts then it's working and makes you feel not tired anymore.. That doesn't even make sense. Of course it doesn't make you feel tired anymore, you're in pain!
What do you think of this? If you're a nurse and telling me this or you're advice is partially from a professional, please add that in.
Thank you.
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Hmm
Europeans used to bleed themselves to make themselves feel better
Chinese people stick needles into their body to maek themselves feel better
When it comes to practices like these that involve some type of self mutilation, I think the practice works, only if the person believes the practice will work, and hence it will help him/her. Basically, it's the placebo effect. However, since you doubt it works, I don't think it will work for you.
Scratching your back until it's red sounds like ti will release endorphins though...and endorphins can help with pain.
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this sounds similar to the Korean practice of chi'ro . the basic idea is to create better blood circulation. I don't think this works. The person only feels better because the pain from the procedure is gone. I don't think this will harm you, but it won't feel good and it won't help either.
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no it doesnt sound like it would help at all.
what it sounds like to me is when you have like a sore tooth and your dad or brother (or mine anyway)says here give me your finger! and then they smash it. it takes your mind off the pain of your tooth. i have never heard of this custom my mom had a vietnamese family living with her for like almost a year and shes never heard of it.
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To be honest I don't think you'd need to be a nurse or a doctor to be able to say that it doesn't sound like something that would help at all. I honestly fail to see how it would help but then that's the difference between something that actually does work and something that is a custom. Many cultures have what may seem strange customs they perform and although may seem pointless (and may even BE pointless) they are customs that have been passed down over generations. Such a custom is very hard to break and even though all logic would say it doesn't work I think it would all come down to faith. I personally think though that the process you describe would do nothing but cause extreme pain as well as damage the skin to a degree that it could be open to other bacteria and infections.
I'm not really sure what it is you can say to your parents that may want them to abandon their custom but if you are so against it being done to you then you can by all means try and not be included and have it performed on you again but the ultimate decision may lie with your parents. :[ I had a look online to see if I could find any references to this custom but was unable to locate anything. If there is anything else or more help you'd like feel free to write to me (ammo@thedevilsoffspring.com) but in the meantime I will try and see if I can find out more information on this custom as it has me intrigued.
Good luck.
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