Fire therapy: Hottest in Chinese cure
A therapist pours alcohol over a patient and sets him alight—for some in China, playing with fire is a treatment for illness.
July 5, 2014
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A therapist pours alcohol over a patient and sets him alight—for some in China, playing with fire is a treatment for illness.
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