tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996177649214466801.post5562263868912920691..comments2023-04-05T00:07:01.584+10:00Comments on Chinese Medicine Adventures with Damien Bodnarchuk: Fire Jar CuppingDamien Bodnarchuk B.Hlth Sc Tradtional Chinese Medicinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686050719507499760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996177649214466801.post-70000250062686781202008-07-09T18:46:00.000+10:002008-07-09T18:46:00.000+10:00Hi Gerard,All cases are uniqique and need to be lo...Hi Gerard,<BR/>All cases are uniqique and need to be lookied at individually in my opinion. However dark colours generally are a sign of stagnation and defficiency of some type. Therefore fatigue or lack of strength could be understood within the a case like that. Associated with location is interesting. There are some main points linked with the Bladder meridian on the spine between the shoulder blades. Mainly the chinese medicine concept of the Heart and associations of that. So I hope that helps. Could also be that the practitioner had no mrcy and applied lot of suction to the cups!!Damien Bodnarchuk B.Hlth Sc Tradtional Chinese Medicinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686050719507499760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996177649214466801.post-33906971918177968222008-07-09T02:56:00.000+10:002008-07-09T02:56:00.000+10:00I went to a local Chinese doctor in Johannesburg, ...I went to a local Chinese doctor in Johannesburg, and she did the cupping thing on my back. Some of the marks left were black. One extremely hard black spot between my shoulder blades, more to my right side. The doctor being more Chinese was difficult to understand. She however mentioned that I must have felt lately that I am loosing strength.<BR/><BR/>How does one translate the colours in the different locations?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134749932784302804noreply@blogger.com