I started my first moxa session of the cycle today! Yay! The moxa's been doing wonders for me! Sometimes AF really overstays her welcome, hanging around for up to 10-14 days! But this time, AF's visit lasted only 7 days! My body looks like it's finally finding its balance and behaving as it should. Gosh! Dare I say-I'm actually becoming normal!
I had hoped to start the moxa earlier but my TCM doc said AF had to be over first. He gave me a break over the weekend and so here I am today, CD9, never been so eager to be torched and smoked before!
The moxa didn't get off to a good start however. I had 8 needles in my body and only 20 minutes to get each of them heated with the moxa. It took the woman 10 minutes just to do 2 needles! Hello! I'm paying $35 for 20 minutes - get a move on there! She was fumbling around a lot and seemed unsure of what she was doing. That was strange I thought, considering that she did pretty well the last time. I blurted out,
"You did the moxa for me last time right?"
"No. That was my sister."
HUH? It turns out, she's an identical twin! And both she and her sister worked the same job at the clinic! She was identical in every way, down to the length of the hair and even the sound of her voice! I was flabbergasted! All that time I thought I was speaking to her sister! It was the first time she was administering moxa and it showed! I must say I was pretty anxious the whole session through. But I'm happy to say that I left without a single burn mark on my body!
My TCM doc's very pleased with my progress. After checking my pulse today, he said that my heat levels were impressively good, considering I just had my period. It had also been good throughout my period. I guess you could say I am no longer a cold-blooded reptilian! He's keen to see me get stronger and better, and told me to come in for moxa everyday for the next 4-5 days. I'm so excited to be doing this for my body, knowing how good it is for me. I just hope the girls doing the stinky moxa for me will be just as happy to see me!
3 comments:
Keep up the excellent work!!
I'm intrigued by the Moxa! They've used a heat lamp on me during acupuncture - but this sounds very interesting!
Yay to your body finding balance!! Keep it up! :)
Pleased that it is going well. Cant believe it was her identical twin!
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