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Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Cupping and Scraping

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ID: 0923 Upper Intermediate
You have an aversion to being poked? No problem! You can get suction cupped! The polka-dotted welts clash with your striped outfit? Get skin scraped! All this and more to look forward to on your next health check-up. Trips to the dentist seem like a holiday now. Learn all about these Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques here in this podcast. Then go out and get healed!
Wed Jun 25 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
止疼片 zhǐténgpiàn painkiller
针灸 zhēnjiǔ acupuncture
冒 mào to emit
插 chā to insert
你怎么了？
nǐ zěnme le ？
What's wrong?
头疼。这几天全靠吃止疼片。哦哟，脑袋都要炸了。
tóuténg 。zhè jǐ tiān quán kào chī zhǐténgpiàn 。óyō ，nǎodài dōu yào zhà le 。
Headache. These past few days I've been living off painkillers. Man, I feel like my head is going to explode.
你赶紧去针灸吧。我妈一直有头疼的毛病，就是针灸医好的。
nǐ gǎnjǐn qù zhēnjiǔ ba 。wǒ mā yīzhí yǒu tóuténg de máobìng ，jiùshì zhēnjiǔ yī hǎo de 。
Hurry and get some acupuncture. My mom was always having headache issues. It was acupuncture that cured her.
那个见效太慢了。而且一根冒烟的针插到肉里，想想就吓人。
nà ge jiànxiào tài màn le 。érqiě yī gēn mào yān de zhēn chā dào ròu li ，xiǎng xiang jiù xiàrén 。
The results are too slow. On top of that, just the thought of smoking needles poking into my flesh frightens me.
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