Michael Regilio

And it's a bunch of stuff about the 12 primary meridians and their acupoints and then something about the eight extra meridians and divergent energy channels. And this is upsetting to me.

And it's a bunch of stuff about the 12 primary meridians and their acupoints and then something about the eight extra meridians and divergent energy channels. And this is upsetting to me.

Yeah, an acupuncture board test should be about hygiene and the safest ways to poke people with a needle. And that's kind of it.

Yeah, an acupuncture board test should be about hygiene and the safest ways to poke people with a needle. And that's kind of it.

Yeah, an acupuncture board test should be about hygiene and the safest ways to poke people with a needle. And that's kind of it.

Great question, because those are two totally different treatments. So let's go with cupping first. All right. So the obvious question is, what is cupping?

Great question, because those are two totally different treatments. So let's go with cupping first. All right. So the obvious question is, what is cupping?

Great question, because those are two totally different treatments. So let's go with cupping first. All right. So the obvious question is, what is cupping?

I will expand on it, but you're not going to get any further explanation out of me. It's just a hickey. Okay. So it sounds like cupping sucks. Yes. Cupping is a technique in which a practitioner takes a glass container, like a cup, heats the air inside, usually with fire, then places it directly on the skin. When the hot air inside cools and condenses, you get suction.

I will expand on it, but you're not going to get any further explanation out of me. It's just a hickey. Okay. So it sounds like cupping sucks. Yes. Cupping is a technique in which a practitioner takes a glass container, like a cup, heats the air inside, usually with fire, then places it directly on the skin. When the hot air inside cools and condenses, you get suction.

I will expand on it, but you're not going to get any further explanation out of me. It's just a hickey. Okay. So it sounds like cupping sucks. Yes. Cupping is a technique in which a practitioner takes a glass container, like a cup, heats the air inside, usually with fire, then places it directly on the skin. When the hot air inside cools and condenses, you get suction.

Right. Yeah. And that's actually the whole point. When you combine the fire show with the cooling air beginning to suck on your skin, it's pretty cool. It looks and feels like some ancient wisdom at work.

Right. Yeah. And that's actually the whole point. When you combine the fire show with the cooling air beginning to suck on your skin, it's pretty cool. It looks and feels like some ancient wisdom at work.

Right. Yeah. And that's actually the whole point. When you combine the fire show with the cooling air beginning to suck on your skin, it's pretty cool. It looks and feels like some ancient wisdom at work.

You won't be surprised to learn that it's correcting qi and balancing the yin and the yang. But just like acupuncture, modern people assign different reasons to the benefits than the people who created it. In this case, they say it improves blood flow, which in a way it definitely does if by improvement, you mean it increases blood flow to the capillaries until they break.

You won't be surprised to learn that it's correcting qi and balancing the yin and the yang. But just like acupuncture, modern people assign different reasons to the benefits than the people who created it. In this case, they say it improves blood flow, which in a way it definitely does if by improvement, you mean it increases blood flow to the capillaries until they break.

You won't be surprised to learn that it's correcting qi and balancing the yin and the yang. But just like acupuncture, modern people assign different reasons to the benefits than the people who created it. In this case, they say it improves blood flow, which in a way it definitely does if by improvement, you mean it increases blood flow to the capillaries until they break.

Yeah. And a lot of them. In fact, anyone who's ever seen a person post cupping knows it's like crazy what it looks like on their body. They look like they've been attacked by an octopus.

Yeah. And a lot of them. In fact, anyone who's ever seen a person post cupping knows it's like crazy what it looks like on their body. They look like they've been attacked by an octopus.

Yeah. And a lot of them. In fact, anyone who's ever seen a person post cupping knows it's like crazy what it looks like on their body. They look like they've been attacked by an octopus.