Last Sunday I told Margarita that I had a
headache and my host sister promptly went out to the market to buy an egg. Cut
to me 5 minutes later sitting at the dinner table while Margarita rubs a whole,
un-cracked egg all over my head for 10 minutes straight. It was kind of like
she was scrubbing my head with the egg, in quick back-and-forth movements creating friction.
First experience with Peruvian traditional
medicine, check. They explained to me that the egg takes out the pain as you
“pasar” it on whatever part of your body that hurts. Sometimes, if there’s a
lot of pain, the egg will break afterwards because it’s absorbed so much.
Sometimes you need more than one egg if it’s really bad.
They also do this with guinea pigs. If a
person is really sick, they have a guinea pig run all over your body to absorb
your pain. Sometimes the guinea pig dies afterwards if the sickness is really
bad (fingers crossed it doesn’t come to this with me).
I gotta say, though, my head no longer
hurts so don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it. I’d say this topic deserves it’s
own entry. Until next time. LOVE YOU!
Un abrazo,
Kimberly
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