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Coin rubbing puzzles M.D.s from Time, Dec. 29,
1980
It looked like a clear case of child abuse. The youngster had bruises
on back and chest, apparently the result of a severe beating. Horrified
observers reported the case to authorities, who prosecuted the bewildered
Vietnamese refugee parents. But the trial ended soon enough when
a physician testified that the child was only the "victim"
of an old folk remedy: coin rubbing.
The widespread custom, called cqo gio (Vietnamese for "scratch
the wind"), is used for everything from colds to convulsions.
A medicated oil or ointment is rubbed into the skin, which is then
firmly stroked with a coin, comb or spoon until contusions appear.
The practice seems harmless, says Pediatrician Gentry Yeatman of
the Tacoma, Wash., Madigan Army Medical Center, who became familiar
with the massage technique during a 1975 stint at a refugee camp
in Indiantown Gap, Pa. In a report published last week in the Journal
of the American Medical Association, Yeatman warns that most American
physicians are unfamiliar with the remedy and apt to mistake its
signs for battering. That possibility, as well as doctors' skepticism
about the value of coin rubbing, has caused many immigrants to avoid
needed medical care. From the Dec. 29, 1980 issue
of TIME magazine
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