Friday, June 15, 2007

Scorpions used in treatment

A walnut is placed on a patient’s eye and ignited dry moxa leaves are inserted in his ears, during a traditional Chinese medical treatment for facial paralysis at a hospital in Jinan, the capital of the eastern Chinese province of Shandong.


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Dead scorpions and ginger flakes are also used as part of the treatment.

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