Cupping

Today I accidentally tried cupping. Cupping is an Asian technique of basically using fire to suction a cup (or rather wood?) to your body to release the toxins. It is easy to see when someone has done it because of the distinctive cup shaped, brown marks left on the skin, all over the skin. I was told that cupping when done on the feet is less severe as they don't leave the suction on for so long, hence I have no bruising right now. Don't knock it till you try it. It wasn't actually that bad. At first I was nervous, because it was an accident that I tried it--I didn't know how to say it in Chinese, and I didn't have my glasses on, so I just agreed to whatever he was asking. Haha. But it was not bad.