I was at my acupuncturist today and he pushed at a certain spot beside my knee and asked if it hurt. No. All I felt was pressure, no pain. He said if he had pushed in that spot on 9 out of 10 people they would be screaming in pain. Then I said what must have been a really dumb thing. I said, "Well, you can push harder."He looked puzzled for a second and then started laughing. I figured out pretty fast that he had pushed with exactly the right amount of pressure. I started laughing with him and we just laughed for around a full minute.
He said to me, "You're funny." But I wasn't trying to be funny. It made perfect sense to me that if it was supposed to hurt, just push till it does.
He was testing my lymph and the fact that it didn't hurt meant my lymph was working. (I guess)
All my adult life I've used acupuncturists. They were always Chinese until now. Jean-Louis is French and extremely knowledgeable about healing. Today he was working on my liver..... the general of the whole army. Three herbs good for liver are stinging nettle, milk thistle and dandelion. I found a remote patch of unsprayed nettles this summer and dried some for tea.
I have an appointment every two weeks for a little tweaking and tune up. My liver loves it.
