Surefire way of not having to go to the bathroom?!?

[HamdenRice]

I was reading today's New York Times, and there is a glowing book review of a new book about feces. "The Big Necessity" is basically one of those books about a single thing or commodity and how the world deals with it, like "Cod," "Salt" and "Longitude."

It is actually a very compassionate book about, inter alia, how the lack of sanitary disposal systems kills tens of thousands of children a year through gastro-intestinal illness.

But one of the strange and funny facts mentioned in the review of the book, quoted directly from the book, is this factoid about ending the urgent desire "to go":

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/books/12book.html?pagewanted=2&ref=books

For anyone who is desperate and unable to find a toilet, Ms. George includes an unusual bit of advice, a therapy devised by Park Jae Woo, a Korean scientist. “It served me well,” she writes, “during ensuing months of research in toilet-deficient places.” I have not tried this, but here goes: “Should the urge to defecate strike, take a pen, pencil, or blunt object and trace a line, deeply and with pressure, in a clockwise direction on the left palm or counterclockwise on the right. The urge, assures Dr. Park, ‘will immediately cease.’ ”

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I wonder could this be related to the acupuncture wars recently fought on this forum???

[wake.up.america]

1. does not work for me ... be back in about 5 minutes.

[Schema Thing]

2. Don't know, but it sure might settle the war ;)

we'll see which side is full of shit :P

[salvorhardin]

3. If it works...

I'd suspect it'd have more to do with redirecting one's attention.

However, a quick google shows that Park Jae Woo is an accupuncturist. In fact, he doesn't appear to be a scientist at all but has an honorary title from the International Academy of Sciences. The International Academy of Sciences, of course, doesn't appear to have anything to do with science either rather being a woo-gathering organization founded by classical composer Peter Huebner.
http://www.sujokonline.com/sujokonline/orig.htm

I wonder why the author didn't feel it important to disclose that little factoid?

[uppityperson]

4. Reflexology. Points on hands, ft, ears correlate to parts of body.

http://www.reflexology-research.com/handchart.html

Make sure you pay attention to Right and Left on the charts as it can be confusing. The one above, right is on left, left is on right. This can make it easier when working on someone else, but not on yourself.

By rubbing your left palm clockwise, it seems you would be stimulating your intestine to work correctly. Odd. Some show it the other way.

I do reflexology when massaging feet. It may not do anything, but doesn't hurt. Have done reflexology on ankles of women in labor also.