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Bizarre Russian Remedies Posted by on Dec 11, 2014

We have discussed some peculiarities of Russian traditional medicine before, however, there are a few treatments that will seem outright bizarre to the unprepared. If you are planning to go to Russia for a long period of time, you may run into one of them. 1. Fire-Cupping Fire-cupping (банки) is a treatment where a patient’s back is…

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