cupping

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ditto.

You can watch it happen in Ken Russell's medieval crazyfest _The Devils_
 (1971).

JL


On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
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> > Oddly enough, in East European countries this
> > is not even considered "alternative medicine"--it's a common treatment
> > for the common cold, among others.
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> I've known what cupping was at least as long as I've known of the medicinal
> use of leeches (_lekarstvo_, wherein _lek_ has the same root as "leech,"
> right, Victor) - since 1945? - and People's article is the first ascription
> of the treatment to the Inscrutable East that I've ever come across.
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