When I was young I lived in Taiwan, where traditional (eastern) medicine plays a big part in society, and I've experienced some traditional healing that make me question the sanity of my parents.

I had a stuffy nose all the time as a kid, and I was taken to a acupuncturist.  He took a metal rod the size of my index finger, wrapped it in cloth drenched in a pungent smelling medicine, and shoved it up my nostrils.  It burned like a mother fucker, I sat in the chair with a giant metal rod sticking out of my nose, sweating, tearing, and squirming for about 5 minutes before he pulled it out and stuck it up my other nostril.  It was suppose to "melt" away a meaty growth that was blocking my airway, but I think a little bit of me died that day.  I later found out that he had his license revoked, and his clinic closed down.

Another occasion was going to a quack hospital to cure near sightedness.  I went to a professional looking clinic that had rows of seats lined up like inside a salon, the nurse would put a giant sock put on my head that covered everything but my nose and mouse, and then a giant [sphygmomanometer]( was strapped onto my face.  Over the course of an hour, I would be sitting in the chair along side several other vision (and judgement) impaired patients, unable to hear, see, or barely breath, have the giant sphygmomanometer inflate and deflate every 10 seconds.  It felt like being sat on by a sumo wrestler repeatedly.  The process was suppose to provide a massaging effect, and natural healing would make me see again, but it didn't do anything for me.  After a couple of months and I stopped going.
user
1.Burning rod up the nose. 2.Balloon massage on the face.
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When I was young I lived in Taiwan, where traditional (eastern) medicine plays a big part in society, and I've experienced some traditional healing that make me question the sanity of my parents.

I had a stuffy nose all the time as a kid, and I was taken to a acupuncturist.  He took a metal rod the size of my index finger, wrapped it in cloth drenched in a pungent smelling medicine, and shoved it up my nostrils.  It burned like a mother fucker, I sat in the chair with a giant metal rod sticking out of my nose, sweating, tearing, and squirming for about 5 minutes before he pulled it out and stuck it up my other nostril.  It was suppose to "melt" away a meaty growth that was blocking my airway, but I think a little bit of me died that day.  I later found out that he had his license revoked, and his clinic closed down.

Another occasion was going to a quack hospital to cure near sightedness.  I went to a professional looking clinic that had rows of seats lined up like inside a salon, the nurse would put a giant sock put on my head that covered everything but my nose and mouse, and then a giant [sphygmomanometer]( was strapped onto my face.  Over the course of an hour, I would be sitting in the chair along side several other vision (and judgement) impaired patients, unable to hear, see, or barely breath, have the giant sphygmomanometer inflate and deflate every 10 seconds.  It felt like being sat on by a sumo wrestler repeatedly.  The process was suppose to provide a massaging effect, and natural healing would make me see again, but it didn't do anything for me.  After a couple of months and I stopped going.
user
I had a metal rod stuck up my nose, a bunch of people lined
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