A:Look,there are some strange red circles on the back and shoulders of Michael Phelps.
B:Yes,they are marks left over from cupping therapy. In China we try it from time totime when we have cold or sore muscles.
A:Butmany Westerners are deeply puzzled by the marks. Some people even fear thatthey might be a sign of the Zika virus.
B:However, we can still find that interest in cupping therapy has increased theseyears.
A:I’mwondering whether it actually works and how it works.
B:Itgets the blood moving back through whichever point that is and to, you know,clear the energy and get the toxins out. It looks painful, but actually itfeels amazing and it’svery relaxing.
A:So the therapy works like a magic trick?
B:Yes. So try it sometime.

