Burn, patient, burn: medical inferno in China

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Burn, patient, burn: medical inferno in China

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/burn-patient-burn-medical-inferno-china-152518457.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/A.SBMZZTWybXzbD_e4dBwg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_hkg10015958.e9ca9081654.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Burn, patient, burn: medical inferno in China" align="left" title="Burn, patient, burn: medical inferno in China" border="0" /></a>A therapist pours alcohol over a patient and sets him alight -- for some in China, playing with fire is a treatment for illness. There is no orthodox medical evidence that it is effective, a fact that matters little to one of China's most prominent fire therapists. &quot;Fire therapy is the fourth revolution in human history... it surpasses both Chinese and Western medicine,&quot; said Zhang Fenghao, who trains students at a dingy apartment in Beijing and charges around 300 yuan ($48) per hour for treatment. Many in China cannot afford expensive treatment for chronic ailments and state health insurance is limited, sparking demand for cheaper alternative therapies.</p><br clear="all"/>

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