Additionally, I am aware that traditional or alternative therapies that claim to have few side effects can often have disastrous ramifications. It was a shock to me when I learned that medicines I had considered benign as a child could actually have some pretty nasty side effects (ibuprofen, aspirin, etc.). My wife lives by the idea that medicine is a double sided sword and I have generally found that to be true more often than not. The website mentions my favorite blanket explanation, the placebo effect and also points out that efficacy is hard to evaluate because coin rubbing is often used in tandem with bio-medical remedies. Scroll down to Other Perspectives.Īmong possible benefits perceived are reducing circulatory disorders and relieving tension headaches. I am not going to summarize these articles like I did the others because it has already been done, but if you are interested here is the link. It is also possible that the oil and the rubbing activate different pathways. It is entirely possible that any perceived benefits of the practice do not come from the rubbing at all but rather the tiger balm or menthol used. At that time the student mentioned that no papers were written on the efficacy of the practice but that there were a variety of sources addressing the balms and oils that are used. Nevertheless, the content is important enough that I felt I needed to create an addendum.Ī website associated with Vanderbilt University, written by a student in 2006, gives a brief overview of Cao Gio (coin rubbing). The first post addressing studies showing possible physiological benefits/pathways of coin rubbing was getting too long so I did not include the following. This pressure and influence is not just covering traditional occupational health but is pouring over into wage discussions and benefits. They are putting more pressure on the government and companies than a strike ever could. I just want to point out how much these incidents and reports are going to do for working conditions. Were I a genius union organizer who realized that dozens of strikes a year were not improving the labor situation I may decide to orchestrate mass fainting incidents. I find these explanations interesting not because of their possible causal relationship but because of how these fainting episodes are going to shape the labor dispute. Overwork/exhaustion could be an issue as production demands increase, though most factories deny these claims. I was surprised by how many articles that listed explanations of the fainting epidemic also referenced important elements of labor disputes, such as working overtime and not getting paid vacation/sick days.
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