What is going on here?

sebire
 January 17, 2009, 04:18 PM posted in General Discussion

"A man ungoes medicated fire treatment at a local traditional hospital in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. The treatment is popular during winter months and is believed to assist in the prevention of ailments such as the common cold or flu."

Anyone know what this treatment's called? The treatment 看起来很热！

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bababardwan
 January 17, 2009, 09:57 PM

Whoa;great pic Sebire ! I wonder how widely this is practiced,what they use and how long the treatment/fire lasts?

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sebire
 January 17, 2009, 11:43 PM

I can't seem to find any info about it except what was on the caption (hence no vocab, sorry! Thought 火 was a bit too easy.) Was hoping someone knowledgeable would come to the rescue :)

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changye
 January 18, 2009, 12:29 AM

Hi sebire,

This thraditional therapy is called "火疗" (huo3 liao2). Do you dare to do it?

http://baike.baidu.com/view/41878.htm

http://press.idoican.com.cn/detail/articles/2009011358747/

http://images.google.cn/images?q=%E7%81%AB%E7%96%97&hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

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bababardwan
 January 18, 2009, 12:54 AM

Interesting stuff.Fire therapy.[I've also just realised from that character 火，that the literal meaning of train must be fire car...presumably from the old days when trains were run on steam produced from a fire.Also the same character found as a radical in mafan...and this therapy looks a little mafan]

I think I'd prefer an 按摩 which would be more relaxing.It seems a bit drastic for a common cold.But if I was looking for excitement or something different,then it could be a different experience to have.So why not?