New Type of Massage Described

Now, I'd like to describe the new type of massage I am getting for the second half of my treatment. The idea is that the first week, it was a simple ayurveda massage, and my back and neck started to hurt at the end of the week, so she said it was deep seated which had finally risen to the surface and she spoke to the doctor and he recommended the next stage of massage for the second week.

So it goes like this.

First of all, you cannot use the fan in the room, so the entire process becomes quite hot. You will understand why no fan in just a minute. She comes with a "primus" stove...the old type kerosene stoves used to cook many years ago in Israel as well...like a camping cooker but with Kerosene instead of the gas balloon....and of course with this open fire, a fan would not be a very good idea.
The windows are open to let the kerosene smell out...then she has her regular hot oils, but also two cloth bags tied with string containing special herbs which she places in the hot oil on the stove . She heats them and then uses them alternately, switching as each cools down, to first softly pound and tap critical places on your body, and then finally the heated bag is held in each specific place for as long as I can stand the heat...which is intense. This is repeated over and over and over for more than 1/2 hour. And this is going on now for a full week until the end of my treatment. I love it and am really enjoying the pampering and assume it will also do something for my various arthritis pains over the long run. But only time will tell...