Acupuncture ฝังเข็ม & (bitter) Chinese medicine

My feet are still in pain, though not as much..

I have now switched to Acupuncture and Chinese medicine. I go to Saint Louis hospital on Sathorn road. There is a Chinese medicine clinic there. It's quite good, I think. The doctors there can speak Thai, but they still have the Chinese accent in their Thai. They all graduated from China. They take notes in Chinese. It's quite interesting, this branch of knowledge. First they stick the needles in the area that you have pain. Or if you have allergy they might put the needle into you face or your forehead in between the eyebrows. It looks scary as it sounds. My sister has allergy and she went for the acupuncture as well, and as soon as the needle went into the upper part of her cheek, her tear fell. Not because of the pain, but because of the fear. ha ha Oh, my poor sister.

Then after all the needles are in place, they will just let the electric current pass through pairs of needles. You will feel like somebody is constantly pinching you. It's ok for me 'cos I used to go to physiotherapy when I was in Singapore before. They let the current through my feet as well. Well, but for my sister, it's different. She has never felt what it was like, so as soon as she felt the pinch she screamed, "Too strong! Too STRONG!, Oh, I think it's too strong!!!" ha ha Then she was pinched there on the bed for 30 mins. It takes around 30 mins for one session. Then the doctor gave us packets of Chinese herbs to brew. On the first week I burnt one packet of the medicine! So the nurse recommended us to get an electric medicine brewer!!! How advanced! The Chinese tea pot look is still preserved, but you can just plug it in! Wait for 1.5 hr and the (bitter) medicine is ready for you! It's so convenient, though the medicine won't test better.

I just learnt that Chinese medicine isn't just bitter. It has other tastes that are not possible to describe, but I tell you, it's not pleasant.

Cheers to Chinese medicine!
Cheers to health!