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Slithy_Tove · 07-05-2002, 10:43 PM

'Coining', usually used as a folk remedy for fever, isn't just practiced in Cambodia, but all around the world, wherever there are SE Asian people. It may be most prevalent among the Vietnamese. It's very common. I work in an emergency room, and I see an example of this every few weeks. It looks dramatic, but is generally harmless. The business with the camphor is unusual; I don't think that oils of any kind are generally used.

There are all sorts of folk remedies out there. I lived in the South for a while, North Carolina specifically, and there they sometimes put onions around a person with fever, so as you undress a person brought to the ER, cut onions may tumble out of his clothes.

07-05-2002, 10:43 PM	#3
Slithy_Tove Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Philly 'burbs, PA, USA Posts: 52	'Coining', usually used as a folk remedy for fever, isn't just practiced in Cambodia, but all around the world, wherever there are SE Asian people. It may be most prevalent among the Vietnamese. It's very common. I work in an emergency room, and I see an example of this every few weeks. It looks dramatic, but is generally harmless. The business with the camphor is unusual; I don't think that oils of any kind are generally used. There are all sorts of folk remedies out there. I lived in the South for a while, North Carolina specifically, and there they sometimes put onions around a person with fever, so as you undress a person brought to the ER, cut onions may tumble out of his clothes. __________________ == Tove A rainbow rat, a checkered cat...