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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

EXPLAINED: What is slapping therapy | Rare Historical Photos

An alternative healer has been jailed for killing a 71-year-old woman after she stopped taking her insulin with the hope his slapping therapy would “heal me entirely”.

Xiao Hongchi, 61, was described as “Master Xiao” in the programme for his workshop involving paida lajin therapy, in which patients are slapped, or slap themselves, repeatedly.

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