Inserting a live eel up your anus is not a valid home remedy in fixing constipation

[dlevere]

Chinese doctors remove live eel from constipated man’s stomach after folk remedy fails him


Doctors removed the live eel from the patient's stomach. Photo: Handout

[bungholio]

Better alert Trump about this highly sophisticated all natural medical procedure China is light years ahead of the world on. At first I thought this was going to be a Florida man thing or some crazy bestiality porn story. Constipation is worrisome though. My sleeping medications cause severe dehydration with some constipation depending on how I eat, and at a point in time I was very worried counting the days like "Wow, it's been over 2 weeks now since I've been able to take a dump, I think my insides are going to explode and I'm going to die." Don't they have ex-lax or prunes or any of that other stuff in China?

[soprano1]

Don't they have ex-lax or prunes or any of that other stuff in China?

They probably do, but folk medicine is highly respected there, and has been used forever, whether is works or not.

[xirtamehtsitahw]

I've also heard weird stories about how ground-up tiger claws are supposedly an aphrodisiac. Then again, they say the same thing about Spanish Fly.

[dlevere]

South Korean man dies after eating toads

A South Korean man has died from poisoning after eating toads he had mistaken for edible bullfrogs.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39665192

[soprano1]

I've also heard weird stories about how ground-up tiger claws are supposedly an aphrodisiac. Then again, they say the same thing about Spanish Fly.

I thought it was tiger penis?

[Pyriel]

The basic rule of traditional Chinese medicine seems to be that everything is either an aphrodisiac or impotence cure, in addition to whatever other properties it may have. So any part of a tiger will keep your cock erect, but only the bones from a foreleg will help with arthritis. Or the spleen. Or the liver. Or maybe the dick. Listen, don't try to pin this shit down until you've ground it up and drank it.

[soprano1]

The basic rule of traditional Chinese medicine seems to be that everything is either an aphrodisiac or impotence cure, in addition to whatever other properties it may have.

Yeah, the rest you tough it out and hope it goes away.

[dlevere]

Let's go over this one more time

[soprano1]

Not this shit again!

[bungholio]

China's odd ideas again, except this time for sexual pleasure? Considering it's China where every dildo/vibrator is made of plastic that says "Made in China" I don't know why he went for an eel.