A Chinese woman has gone viral after she ate live and raw frogs to relieve back pain she had been enduring for years, only to be hospitalised with parasitic infection. Health experts warn the practice ...

A woman in Northern China went viral after the story of her eating live frogs made headlines. The 82-year-old, who went by her last name, Zhang, ate the frogs because she was in pain from a herniated ...

The woman said she was following a folklore she had heard, which said that eating live frogs could help relieve her lower back pain.

There are many cultures associated with an "alternative" approach to medicine that harnesses supposed cures that can be traced back thousands of years.

An 82-year-old woman was hospitalized after swallowing eight live frogs in an attempt to alleviate her persistent lower back pain.

A pensioner ended up in hospital after eating eight live frogs to relieve her lower back pain. The 82-year-old woman from ...

Medical tests ruled out tumours but showed elevated oxyphil cells, often linked to blood disorders and parasitic infections.

An 82-year-old woman from China shocked doctors after swallowing eight live frogs. It was her attempt to cure her chronic back pain. The elderly woman, identified only as Zhang, suffered from a ...

Learn how an unconventional folk cure landed one woman in the hospital, yet the idea that frogs hold pain-relieving powers ...

An elderly Chinese woman swallowed eight live frogs in a bid to fix her chronic back pain, leaving her hospitalised with a parasitic infection. The 82-year-old, who is referred to only by her surname ...

A pensioner ended up in hospital after eating eight live frogs to relieve her lower back pain. The 82-year-old woman from China heard in folklore that munching on the amphibians could help ease the ...