Treat yourself with scraping

Having some knowledge of healthy treatments is always a good idea. I suffered a serious cold recently. I had a very sore throat and a non-stop running nose. I hate to take medicine because I worry if it will give me some side effect to liver, for example. I drank lots of water, took a hot bath, take some simple exercise, and, "scraped" my neck and chest with a small board. Scraping is a popular treatment for sunstroke by scraping the patient's neck, chest or back in Chinese Medicine orinally, but we can still use this to improve the blood circulation, like what I did. Some people said it is just a way to transfer your attention of uncomfort of the cold, for me, at least, it really reduced the pain from my sore throat quickly! When I go traveling, I always bring this small board just in case I will use it one day. Except curing yourself, you can also treat other people, if they "dare."