A Conversation on Traditional Chinese Medicine(3)

 医生：至于药物治疗, 中医常用草药，矿物质，动物药等。

　　D：As for drug therapy, traditional medicines are used such as herbs, mineral, animals, etc.

　　病人：那非药物治疗呢？

　　P：And how about non-drug therapy?

　　医生：非药物治疗包括针灸，按摩，拔火罐等。

　　D：As for non-drug therapy, there are acupuncture and moxibustion, massage, cupping.

　　病人：关于针灸和按摩，我略知一二。拔火罐是怎么回事？

　　P：I know a little about acupuncture and massage. What's cupping？

　　医生：拔火罐就是把一个真空的杯子放在皮肤上引起局部充血的一种治疗方法。通常，医生把一个点燃的酒精棉球放在杯子里一会儿以排出里面的空气使它成为一个真空杯，接着快速地把空杯子放在选定的皮肤上。

　　D：It is a congeted treatment using a vacuum cup sucked firmly on the skin. Usually, the doctor fires an alcohol sponge and puts it inside the cup for a short while to make the cup a vacuum one, then he places the vacuum cup instantly over the selected spot of the skin.