Popular treatment known as ‘cupping therapy’ leaves man with seven holes in his back

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A MAN has been left with seven holes on his back after undergoing cupping therapy that went horribly wrong.

The man identified as Li Lin, 63, began taking the treatment every day from May to June in the hope of treating his scapulohumeral periarthritis — more commonly referred to as “frozen shoulder”.

He was told the therapy, which has a history of several thousand years in traditional Chinese medicine, would help with the pain and stiffness and allow him to move freely.

The treatment, known in Chinese as “ba guan”, traditionally uses heated glass cups to create local suction on the patient’s skin, causing circular bruising that is believed to be the result of now mobilised and free-flowing blood.

However, instead of having his condition cured, the man from Chengdu, capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, was left with holes on his back that were essentially very serious, deep burn wounds.

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http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/popular-treatment-known-as-cupping-therapy-leaves-man-with-seven-holes-in-his-back/news-story/33b979706858045dc7fcce1523772084

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1. "What's the harm?"

This is the fucking harm.

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3. But how else am I supposed to get the toxins out of my system?

I've tried the coffee enema and the kale cleanse but I fear there are still mysterious things in my body that need to come out.

If only God had made some sort of system in our bodies to filter out the nasty stuff that could then could be expelled into the toilet.

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2. It's ugly, dangerous, and it does nothing that a good massage wouldn't do.

Ugh.

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4. Oh c'mon.

Is this ugly?