Koreascapade

It’s called a Healing Tao, or at least that’s what’s stamped on the back of it. It’s supposed to be good for internal health, and according to my wife, a lot of people swear by it. And so does she now, after trialing it, and so do I, after hearing about and witnessing some of its effects.

So how do you use it? Well, all you do is lay on it, with those knobs pressing into your stomach. You’re supposed to do this for about half an hour or so. My wife managed 5 minutes before bed one night. It was simply too painful to continue. But that was enough for her because the next morning she was amazed at, um, how shall I put it, at how the final act of the digestive process had improved.

That’s essentially what the thing is for to aid the digestive process. The handles, I presume, are if you want to use it like a massaging machine. As for the handle with tapered end, I’d hate to think what that might be for. I’m sure it’s use does not involve anything painful. The knobs can be taken out to reduce the number of pressure points on the stomach, too.

I’ve noted that it causes burping pretty soon after you start laying on it. So, my skepticism has been cured to some extent. As for its full affects, I can’t be sure. I can only go on what people say. But what a curious invention. I’m also intrigue at how anyone would come up with such a contraption.

I guess he or she wanted to improve on hand massaging. Some of my wife’s friends massage their stomachs after meals to aid digestion, a technique that has probably been passed down from generation to generation. This thing is just an extension of that.

My wife can now last quite a while on it without groaning with pain. As for me, I’ll pass on it for the time being.