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Cupping mjjoe Aug 2016 #1
EXACTLY! "Yes, yes it is.... IN PRISON!" CurtEastPoint Aug 2016 #4
Last time I heard about it, the AMA came down hard scscholar Aug 2016 #2
another Facebook post trixie Aug 2016 #20
expect the return of leeches and bloodletting as fads nt msongs Aug 2016 #3
They still use leeches for reattached fingers and limbs Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2016 #12
We use leech therapy for certain other reconstructive surgeries as well ismnotwasm Aug 2016 #32
Not to mention maggots FrodosPet Aug 2016 #31
One of my HS classmates requires regular bloodletting jmowreader Aug 2016 #38
thanks, been wondering what that was.... spanone Aug 2016 #5
Same here malaise Aug 2016 #16
It's creepy, stupid and soon everyone will be doing it BeyondGeography Aug 2016 #6
I think it works. bluedigger Aug 2016 #7
Very funny! 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #14
You win the thread malaise Aug 2016 #15
Me too and it was then that my mother discovered that maybe I wasn't like the 'rest of the boys' as Purveyor Aug 2016 #29
You didn't comb it out!?!? bettyellen Aug 2016 #46
It's ignorant. Promoted by Gwyneth Paltrow. WinkyDink Aug 2016 #8
ya'll are showing your lack of knowledge of the world. boomer55 Aug 2016 #9
So has syphilis. AngryAmish Aug 2016 #13
Don't forget lice. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #18
Lice has been around forever. AngryAmish Aug 2016 #21
Ha! progressoid Aug 2016 #34
Been worthless "medicine" forever too. cleanhippie Aug 2016 #17
Acupuncture is also bullshit. LeftyMom Aug 2016 #35
Ethnicity is sadly important in these discussions MattBaggins Aug 2016 #39
God, that's the truth. Marr Aug 2016 #40
I remember late 80s getting cupped before a minor surgery . When the nurses moved me to the Person 2713 Aug 2016 #36
"Alternative medicine?" stopbush Aug 2016 #10
It's a method of separating out layers of your body. Skin from underlying fat or fascia, muscle. uppityperson Aug 2016 #11
What, an informed opinion? AngryAmish Aug 2016 #19
Thanks for adding on the skin rolling. Those actually do physical things, like some types of cupping uppityperson Aug 2016 #22
Imagination is not the same as information. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #55
Rubbish pseudoscience... JCMach1 Aug 2016 #23
Never underestimate the placebo effect: Proven time, and time again. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #24
To my construction buddies, cupping is when panader0 Aug 2016 #25
ROFL malaise Aug 2016 #26
cupping edhopper Aug 2016 #27
If one feels like the cupping is beneficial then use it. I have never tried Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #28
Many insurance companies I brlieve even MedicareB in some cases will reimburse for accupuncture Person 2713 Aug 2016 #37
Were you breathing at the time? Orrex Aug 2016 #49
Are you serious? Sure I was breathing and you know this is not what I was talking about. Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #50
It was as serious a reply as chemo-phobia deserves Orrex Aug 2016 #52
BYE Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #53
Well you certainly showed me. Orrex Aug 2016 #54
The Placebo Effect is real. nt Lisa0825 Aug 2016 #30
Why is any kind of external stimulus different from doping? UTUSN Aug 2016 #33
New Age stupidity. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #41
*sigh* Yet another of my romantic notions from youth shattered... Hugin Aug 2016 #42
Cupping, Spooning - isn't that malaise Aug 2016 #45
If you insist on being clinical about it, yes. Hugin Aug 2016 #47
That time I got caught with a hicky I should've said it was cupping NightWatcher Aug 2016 #43
This thread is hilarious. CanSocDem Aug 2016 #44
Pseudomedical hickeys. That's what cupping is. MineralMan Aug 2016 #48
Jock strap too tight? JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #51
I had a pain in my side that wouldn't go away. Regulat Doctor wanted me to take pain pills. kimbutgar Aug 2016 #56
Cupping removes 100% of GMOs from the food you eat Bonx Aug 2016 #57
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