Till now you must have seen doctors treating diseases with medicines or herbs, but have you ever seen anyone treating diseases by setting fire on the body? Yes, something similar treatment is used in china since more than 100 years.
This is called ‘fire therapy’. Fire therapy is used to treat many diseases in China. Zhang Fenghao, who treats people with this method, is quite popular for his work.
In China, some people consider fire therapy as a special treatment which can possible cure stress, depression, indigestion, infertility and cancer.
According to a website, He applied a herbal paste to a patient’s back, covered it with a towel and poured on water and a 95 percent rubbing alcohol and set the patient’s body on fire, it feels warm, not painful, just warm.
The practice is based on Chinese folk beliefs that health depends on maintaining a balance of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ elements within the body.
Questions were raised which include, Important among them is whether the curer has a certificate or not? What kind of security is there to avoid an accident during treatment?
While answering Zhang said that many times people have been hurt, many times the patient’s face and other parts of the body were also slightly burnt, but this was due to lack of proper methods. I have taught fire therapy to thousands of people, but never had an accident.
Zhang further said that fire therapy is the fourth major revolution in human history. It has left behind both Chinese and Western treatment practices. Since it is not enough for everyone to spend huge amount in the treatment of severe diseases, fire therapy is an effective and cheap treatment for them.
PNN/Agencies
