Juggling Diversity

A survival kit for Newcommers to Jacobs University Bremen

Diagnosis: Backache May 7, 2008

Filed under: Diagnosis: Backache — Survival Kit @ 8:17 pm

Photo by Javier

One very exotic and exciting cure is “Fire Cupping”

Someone from Trinidad and Tobago explained how this works:

For a sprained back or ‘dropped butchet’ (sprained muscle in chest somewhere)

“Lighted candles placed on several areas surrounding injury and each is carefully covered with a glass.

The candles flame uses up the oxygen in the glass so the space becomes a vacuum and the glass becomes ’sucked’ onto the skin. After some time (hour or 2) the glasses are removed and you’re left with raised circles on your back/chest. It definitely works. I had to go through this several times as a child when I lifted things that were too heavy for me.”

Other:

Lemon juice mixed with salt – consume twice a day

Comsumption of garlic – every day – less friends, but definitely no pain in the back :)

 

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