A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a bad cough. No matter how many different medicines I tried, I 1 couldn't get rid of the cough. Not only did it 2 my teaching but also my life as a whole.
Then one day after class, a student came up to me and 3 traditional Chinese medicine. From her description, Chinese medicine sounded as if it had magic power that 4 . I was 5 because I knew so little about it and have never tried it before. 6 , my cough got so much worse that I couldn't sleep at night, so I decided to give it a 7 . The Chinese doctor took my pulse and asked to see my tongue, both of which were new experience to me because they are both 8 in Western medicine, where diagnosis relies heavily on 9 . Then the doctor gave me a scraping(刮) treatment known as "Gua Sha". I was a little 10 at first because he used a smooth edged tool to crape the skin on my neck and shoulders.
A few minutes later, the treatment started to produce a 11 effect and my body and mind began to sink deeper into 12 . I didn't feel any improvement in my 13 in the first couple of days, but after a few more regular visits to the doctor, my cough started to 14 . Then within a matter of weeks, it was completely 15 !
