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April 10, 2005
Some Pricks are OK
I'm sick of being sick. So, in addition to putting up with the perpetual sore throat, keeping myself awake all night coughing, and having no voice mornings and evenings (some people are excited about this last detail), I have begun to let a stranger stick needles into me on a regular basis.
I don't claim to know how these things work, but apparently all my symptoms, including my annual spring-time insomnia, are related to blocked liver energy??? I do know that the needles in my wrist and feet were causing all sorts of weird electrical stuff to happen, so something must be working.
Also part of the regime: lily pills, herbal "two old men" cough syrup (on the label, not inside, I hope- tastes way better than Nyquil) and the same exercises that my grandparents from Hong Kong used to do before they succumbed to American culture. Gotta say there's something satisfying about getting back to the Chinese heritage...
Posted by Elizabeth at April 10, 2005 10:27 PM