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🇨🇳 China · Contemporary

Fire Massageファイアー・マッサージ（火療）火疗

Practised in some Chinese establishments: an alcohol-soaked towel is burned on the body to warm it. Explained as 'driving out cold', but burn injuries are reported and it is not recommended on safety grounds.

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Origin
🇨🇳 China
Era
Contemporary
Classification
Experimental / Related therapy
Techniques
Heat
Practitioner body parts
Tool
Medium
None
Clothing
Semi-clothed
Setting
Table
Also known as
Huo liao · Fire therapy

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