Vietnamese "scratching wind", coining remedy and other remedies! Options

[Just_Dream]

When I was little, I used to be very sickly and my mother would undergo the remedy of coining, but the literal translation of the Vietnamese phrase is "scratching wind." Anyway, after rubbing Eagle brand medicated oil on my back, my mother would take a silver-looking coin (well, it looked more like a button) and she'd scratch my back with it. She'd do that until my back was red and purple in the areas she scratched/carved at.

Oh man, I used to cry when she first started doing that, but since I got sick so much, I eventually got used to it and it stopped hurting me. But fortunately I've gotten healthier since high school, so I've only had her do it once to me. Oh man it hurt so bad! I don't remember it hurting that much when she did it.

The strange thing is, it actually helps!

Does anyone else know what I mean? I think the Chinese do it too, but with a spoon. Actually, the last time my mother did that to my back, she used a spoon. My friend's mother uses a lemon. lol that sounds like it stings.

Oh, and for those who don't know what I'm talking about, what kind of traditional remedies do you guys have?

[moninja]

i've never had that happen to me before..but i was a healthy kid ;]

when my dad is sick, he boils water in a pot and puts in a whole bunch of herbs and stuff, and then when it's really hot, he sticks it under a blanket, sits under the blanket too and sweats the sickness off..or something. he's the only one that does that in the family. i think it smells really bad