And we still have the other side to go...
Let's do it
Want to stop?
No, we can keep going
So the other day I heard about Liangtse Wellness
A high end luxury Chinese spa
That recently opened their first location in the United States
Right off New York City's Billionaires road
Their therapies include the standards like massage and foot baths
But also more exotic treatments like
5 year aged moxibustion and cupping
Made famous in the US by Olympian Michael Phelps amount others.
I asked if I could stop by and try the cupping and they were totally down.
Oh this is fancy
Hello
You're spraying my whole body down?
...why?
COVID reasons
Ah, guess it's safer this way
Bit of disinfecting
Also need to get the feet
Gotta spray the shoes too, huh
Go check your temperature.
Ok, we've got the temperature check.
Can we go in now?
Wow, this is cool.
Oh my goodness look, we've got our own bathroom in the private rooms.
This is crazy!
Look we've got this we also got this, what is this?
We've got a powder room, full size.
Do I have to take off my clothes?
Yeah
Wait, hold on a second
Let me put the blanket up first
You can get under this blanket after you take off your clothes...
I know my audience all wants to watch this part...
We've got a chair, we've got like a royal Chinese chair over here.
This is really nice, very nice.
Ok, we're going to do the cupping experience.
I did actually get cupping done once before
But not in a long time and never in America so...
I'm honestly a little nervous because it's supposed to hurt so... but we'll see.
This stuff is pretty scary looking
Don't worry about it
Don't you worry....
Will it hurt?
No, don't worry
So what are the benefits of cupping?
So Westerners and Chinese people have different perspectives on the benefits
From a Western perspective it helps with blood circulation
And relax tight muscles
And it relieves pain
But from a Chinese medicine perspective
It removes wind, humidity, and fire [excesses of which can cause disease in traditional Chinese medicine]
It sucks out all the bad stuff
Do you have anywhere that hurts?
Yeah...
I did a lot of squats yesterday
Squats?
So I'm really sore over here
I see...
So I hope the cupping works
Yeah it'll give you some relief
Get rid of some of that fire qi
Definitely
We‘ll see what the cups suck out
Don't be worried
Too late for that
You okay?
Yeah I'm fine
That feels so weird!
* The fire consumes the oxygen in the cup causing it to have negative pressure, sucking up the skin
Do you often stay up late?
Not really
No?
No
But I've been sleeping really badly the past couple of days
Still okay?
Yeah, feels good
So just from looking at the skin that gets sucked up...
It's this dark red color
Implying that you have a lot of blood stasis recently
And a lot of fire qi as well
Oh yeah?
Yes, lots and lots of fire qi
You can tell just by looking at the cups?
Yeah, just from looking at the color you can detect all sorts of bodily imbalances
So what does it mean if I have too much fire qi?
So the body has different types of qi like “cold qi,” “fire qi” etc.
Too much fire and you'll be overstimulated
Or you’ll have a bad temper
Or you literally feel hot all the time
Like that
Can exercise also cause that?
Yeah, and you just worked out yesterday
Yeah
Let's take them off now
The next one we're gonna do is called quick cupping
Quick cupping?
Yeah
What does that mean?
You'll know in a second
I'm not sure I want to know...
You can use two cups for this but...
I'm just gonna use one here
So like for example...
If your shoulder doesn't feel well
Like over here
Put it on...
And take it off
Put it on...take it off
Really fast
Yeah
Like that
Fast cupping
And there's another type called...
..."running the cups"
Running the cups?
Yeah, running the cups is a little more painful...
Let me put some massage oil here...
Put some lotion on it
I think I know what this one is...
This might hurt...
It's gonna hurt...
And what are the benefits of this one?
Also good for improving circulation
Circulation...
Exactly
And also running the cups will bruise you up too
Oh yeah?
Yeah
Don't worry though it's just sucking out the toxins
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Oh my god.
Don't worry
Alright I'm gonna run this cup
okay.
You okay?
No problem
This is such a weird feeling.
I'm concentrating on your upper back because that's where it's sore
It's like a spicy, worm, rolling across my body.
Now it's starting to hurt
Yeah, this one's a little tighter than the one before
I won't go too hard on you since it's your first time
And we still have the other side to go...
Let's do it
Want to stop?
No, we can keep going
Part of it too is that usually we won't use these three different types of cupping at the same time
Once you take them off it's usually over
Usually do you get sore over here?
Well now it's a little better honestly
Yeah?
Yeah
That was really nice
I don't know if it actually really sucked out any bad blood or whatever but
It really relaxed the muscles you know.
Are there any marks on my back now?
Yeah, there are these huge red lumps
Red lumps?
Yeah
How many?
* counting... *
...7, 8...
That many?!
So many!
Oh boy...
Didn't he also say I couldn't shower for 3-4 hours after this?
Yeah, no showers
So they also let me know they are giving away 20 free cuppings as well.
If you guys want to try it, I'm doing a little give away for my fans here
So if you guys would like to go over to my instagram
And just like the picture of me here doing the cupping
All you have to do is like that and leave a comment on my Instagram
And you will be entered for a chance to win
One of 20 free cuppings here at Liangtse Wellness.
I know you'll like it. Or you won't like it but you'll like it in a good way
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