When my clients say “one cup,” they almost always mean more than 8 ounces. The typical household coffee mug is 12oz, as is a small or tall option from most coffee shops - that measurement alone could account for an entire extra cup for which many of us are not accounting.

A “cun” (also called a “body inch”) is a relative unit of measurement used in traditional Chinese medicine to locate acupuncture points on the body.

I began receiving regular acupuncture treatments in my early 20s. At first the medicine felt mystifying, almost magical. As I continued to receive treatments I began to recognize a pattern between what I would tell my acupuncturist and where the needles would be placed.