This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
There was also an episode of Bleach where Ichigo wakes up to find a large burly man (the assistant at the Urahara Store) breathing into his face to heal him.
Dark Sasami: I can't vouch for the accuracy of nude snuggling curing fevers in Japanese folk medicine, but since it was there and I can't disprove it either I've left it. However, it is the standard first aid treatment for hypothermia. For example, here's the first hit on Google for hypothermia naked
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Kendra Kirai: It's logical, too. Get them out of the (presumably) wet clothes, then use body heat. Best thing to use when you can't make a fire and have nothing real heavy to put on 'em.
Dark Sasami: It's not just that. A fire is a bad idea, as are other seemingly logical things such as hot water. Body heat transfer is not too hot, and doesn't transfer heat too fast, both of which can make the situation worse. In many cases it's not just the next best thing...it's the best thing.
Grev: Anyone who's ever had a freezing extremity can vouch for why using anything even lukewarm for a hypothermia victim is a really bad idea.
Seven Seals: "I put on my robe and wizard hat." I encourage anyone who doesn't get this as a reference to Google for it. It's quite amusing.
Mike Rosoft: In a related note, I believe this part has gone off topic a bit, so I have removed it from the page:
- Whoever is in this ball pit.
- And, for that matter, the original infamous cybersex dialogue.
- And, for that matter, the original infamous cybersex dialogue
Grev: Changed CPR to mouth-to-mouth because they're not exactly the same (though mouth-to-mouth is a part of CPR...)
Kilyle: Don't know enough to add this to the trope, but I've read that the Chinese believe (or believed) that the sex act involved a transfer of mystical power. What I recall is: the woman can't lose power, but she can transfer power to the man, and the man can lose power by ejaculating. Or some such. So the man was encouraged to have and satisfy multiple partners in order to keep from going in the red (presumably, if I'm recalling this data correctly, he'd avoid completing his end of the act a lot). Anyway, that might be a cultural basis for some of the mana-transfer tropes about sex.
Shire Nomad: I'm a little unclear on the borderline between the "robe and wizard hat" cases and Deus Sex Machina. Or do we care?
Passerby: This should be renamed to "Sexual Healing" as a nod to the classic song
Sinister Teddybear: Or, better yet, rename it "Marvin Gaye Medicine"
banjo2E: Should we use a portion of this for a caption image, or is it too risqué?
