Therapist sets patients on fire

A health worker has sparked a new trend in therapy - by wrapping patients in oil soaked blankets and setting fire to them.

Han Li - who runs a clinic in China's capital Beijing - explained: "It looks pretty dangerous but it's harmless when done properly and we've never had a patient burnt yet."



Patients say the heat therapy produces total relaxation despite having flames just centimetres from their bare skin.

Office worker Li Chanling, 53, said: "It produces a type of heat that goes right inside you and leaves you completely relaxed. I have the treatment three times a week and return to work relaxed and rested."