Treatment for the Sick (Feb. 20th, 2013)

The second hour was focused more on the acupressure part of the medical practice. There isn't much to talk about here, but Dr. Song told about 5 points on the body that would help people who are to get sick or are sick that would help with body temperature. The points are the chest, the palms of both hands and the bottom of both feet. She talked about how using alcohol and rubbing each of these specific parts to create heat would be best for people about to become sick because they help bring up body temperature, which would ideal for fighting sickness. She further talked about different foods and the the consequences (good and bad) of eating them. Such as drinking soda daily or acidic foods with then taking in tons of vitamin C after that would increase chances of getting gout (arthritis in a specific joint). She also talked about how certain meats should be avoided if that individual has certain skin problems, an example would be avoiding lamb and beef if the individual has psoriasis. The end of the acupressure marked the end of my second hour and our last hour together for the day was about cupping.