Man left with SEVEN horrific holes in his back by a therapeutic native doctor in China

A therapeutic cupping treatment has left a man with seven large holes on his back. The 66 year old Li Lin, booked in for the therapy after being told that it would help with his pain and stiffness and allow him to move freely. However the procedure left heartbreaking wounds on his back after his skin started to fester.
Lin began taking the treatment every day from mid-May to mid-June in the hope of treating his scapulohumeral periarthritis - more commonly referred to as "frozen shoulder".

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

The treatment, known in Chinese as "ba guan", traditionally utilises 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 south-western China’s Sichuan Province, was left with holes on his back that were essentially very serious, deep burn wounds.

Li said he went for the treatment every day in Chengdu, and his therapist placed the cups in the same position on his back.

After 10 days he reportedly began to notice blisters on his back, but convinced the treatment would cure his aching shoulder, Li asked his wife to remove the blisters so he could continue the cupping therapy.

Two days before the scheduled end of his treatment, however, Li started experiencing severe pain on his back and also started spiking a high fever.

A trip to the doctors then revealed horrifying circular wounds on his back that had started to fester.

Doctors ordered Li to stop his cupping therapy and he was given treatment for his wounds.

Reports quoting doctors said Li could have suffered from serious infections had he not checked himself into hospital in time.

They noted that cupping therapy is perfectly fine, but as shown in this tutorial by Wellki Health, the method should not be done on the same place on the body over such a long period of time.

Man left with SEVEN horrific holes in his back by a therapeutic native doctor in China