"koah kshal" Rubbing away the sickness...

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Username Taken wrote:If you have any doubt, you can try this simple test.
Take one person who is feeling sick and coin them. The redness will appear immediately.
Then coin someone who is not feeling sick. The redness will not appear (unless you keep doing it and forcing it).
Did anyone try the simple test above?

@Samouth & Little Moon,
No doubt, you have both been coined or you have coined someone (a family member, maybe) at some time.
You would understand what I mean above. Sometimes when someone is coined, the 'red' comes very quickly and a dark red. And you know that this person 'really' is sick.
Then there are times when after coining for a short time, it just comes up red but not as strong as above.
And then, there are the times when no amount of coining makes any difference. The redness is barely noticeable.

You know? :wink:
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Username Taken wrote:
Username Taken wrote:If you have any doubt, you can try this simple test.
Take one person who is feeling sick and coin them. The redness will appear immediately.
Then coin someone who is not feeling sick. The redness will not appear (unless you keep doing it and forcing it).
Did anyone try the simple test above?

@Samouth & Little Moon,
No doubt, you have both been coined or you have coined someone (a family member, maybe) at some time.
You would understand what I mean above. Sometimes when someone is coined, the 'red' comes very quickly and a dark red. And you know that this person 'really' is sick.
Then there are times when after coining for a short time, it just comes up red but not as strong as above.
And then, there are the times when no amount of coining makes any difference. The redness is barely noticeable.

You know? :wink:
Username Taken, you are actually right. i have been coined countless time i guess when i was young. Every time my mom coined me, i ran around my house to avoid being coined. Actually the redness of sick people and normal people are completely different. As you mentioned the redness after coined of sick people will be so completely dark red and the normal people will be light red. It will take at least 2 weeks for the redness on sick people body to disappear and it will take only less than 2 hours for normal people.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Yes, it takes your body longer to heal when you are not well, but that is not proof it is doing anything to heal an illness.
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Stupid question, but where do they get the coins ?
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Anchor Moy wrote:Stupid question, but where do they get the coins ?
More often than not, it's the top of the small balm jar.

There is also a 'commercial' version which can be bought in any market. It has a wooden handle with a round metal 'coin-shaped thingy' on the end.

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Username Taken wrote:
Anchor Moy wrote:Stupid question, but where do they get the coins ?
More often than not, it's the top of the small balm jar.

There is also a 'commercial' version which can be bought in any market. It has a wooden handle with a round metal 'coin-shaped thingy' on the end.

:beer3:
Thanks User, it just struck me that "duh" Cambodia doesn't have coins, yet everyone is getting "coined". Translation problem maybe.
Also, can you coin yourself ? If I don't feel so good, can I see if I am sick ?
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Anchor Moy wrote:
Username Taken wrote:
Anchor Moy wrote:Stupid question, but where do they get the coins ?
More often than not, it's the top of the small balm jar.

There is also a 'commercial' version which can be bought in any market. It has a wooden handle with a round metal 'coin-shaped thingy' on the end.

:beer3:
Thanks User, it just struck me that "duh" Cambodia doesn't have coins, yet everyone is getting "coined". Translation problem maybe.
Also, can you coin yourself ? If I don't feel so good, can I see if I am sick ?
My wife often self-coins her front, and gets someone else to do the back.
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Anchor Moy wrote:
Username Taken wrote:
Anchor Moy wrote:Stupid question, but where do they get the coins ?
More often than not, it's the top of the small balm jar.

There is also a 'commercial' version which can be bought in any market. It has a wooden handle with a round metal 'coin-shaped thingy' on the end.

:beer3:
Thanks User, it just struck me that "duh" Cambodia doesn't have coins, yet everyone is getting "coined". Translation problem maybe.
Also, can you coin yourself ? If I don't feel so good, can I see if I am sick ?
I'm kind of surprised nobody's selling US quarters for just that reason.
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Anchor Moy wrote:
Username Taken wrote:
Anchor Moy wrote:Stupid question, but where do they get the coins ?
More often than not, it's the top of the small balm jar.

There is also a 'commercial' version which can be bought in any market. It has a wooden handle with a round metal 'coin-shaped thingy' on the end.

:beer3:
Thanks User, it just struck me that "duh" Cambodia doesn't have coins, yet everyone is getting "coined". Translation problem maybe.
Also, can you coin yourself ? If I don't feel so good, can I see if I am sick ?
Yes we do can coin ourselves. I did it a few time like Username mentioned you can coin your both arms and the frontal area.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Koah Kshal. She actually doesn't look sick at all.

បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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