At
Daengki Spa in Koreatown, LA, you can get a 45-minute V-Herbal Therapy for
$20 per, well, squat. The steam includes a mixture of herbs imported from Korea
by spa manager Jin Young, and according to the spa’s website the treatment will
“rid the body of toxins”
and help women with menstrual cramps, bladder infections, kidney problems and
fertility issues. “It is a traditional Korean health remedy,” according to
their website, which may be true, but the toxins it is supposed to purge don’t
exist, and the treatment has no health benefits whatsoever.
So what, precisely, is V-Herbal Therapy? V-Herbal Therapies,
or chai-yok, are vaginal steam baths, and according to the shit that falls out of the mouths of Young and his associates it will reduce stress,
fight infections, clear hemorrhoids, regulate menstrual cycles and aid
infertility, among many other health benefits. It is magic woo, and it is
supported by all the appeals to ancient Eastern wisdom you can imagine.
It’s not the only place in Southern California where you can
experience this particular kind of woo. The Tikkun Holistic Spa in Santa
Monica, run by Niki Han Schwarz and her husband Charles, offers a 30-minute
V-Steam treatment for $50 – and they offer an identical treatment for men.
According entirely to Niki herself,
the treatment worked for her.
It has received the endorsed for instance of Tae-Cheong
Choo, who teaches at Samra University of Oriental Medicine in LA. Samra
University is, needless to say, not a learning institution. According to Choo,
the treatment is effective for gynecological problems and infertility. Choo cites
no evidence to back up that claim.
Diagnosis: It is hard to believe that these people are
acting in good faith, and the treatment they endorse is based on delusions and
bullshit, through and through. And no, it isn’t just innocent stupidity. The
people in question are part of a large horde of shitheads who make a living out
of preying on the stupid, gullible or desperate. Shame.
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