Today we didn't actually do any acupuncture -- at least not with any needles. Today's treatment was biomagnetic cupping. It is much like the cupping that I had experienced in previous visits (as in use of a glass cup which is applied with suction), but each cup had a charge. Also instead of just two cups, thirteen cups were used and arranged in a line on my back. Paula told me that they help align and balance minerals inside the body and can help restore the flow of energies.
The procedure did not exactly hurt, but it didn't feel very pleasant. Unlike the acupuncture (which was calming) and the cupping done previously (which felt like a massage), biomagnetic cupping was uncomfortable and I was glad when the twenty minute period of "waiting" was done.
Afterwards, my back looked like I was attacked by an octopus. The marks left by the cupping burned a little but did not have much continuing pain or discomfort. Unlike the acupuncture appointments, I did not really have a sense of calm afterwards.
Though I searched, I could not really feel any lasting effect from the cupping (other than the marks of course), but maybe it was more subtle than I realized. Either way, this marks my third treatment in three weeks and now I need to focus on what (if any) lasting effect the treatments have had and start to dig into what the scientific community has to say about acupuncture and other practices in Chinese medicine.
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