by scramasax57 » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:42 pm
actually, its funny, but actual rice makes a really good compress. in fact, thats what i thought about at first. when i was studying xingyi with tai ngo, one of the other students had really bad knees from doing gymnastics and stuntwork. tai recommended making rice, wrapping it in a towel while stile warm, soaking it in rice wine or vodka, and applying that to his knees whenever they became swollen. the guy said it worked like a charm, and tai is usually right about stuff like that.
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