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'Reckless slapping therapist Hongchi Xiao cut mum's life short'

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Danielle Carr-Gomm , 71 , died at a retreat run by Hongchi Xiao in Wiltshire in 2016 .

Xiao was an alternative healer and practised 'paida lajin' a therapy in which people slap themselves and others to expel toxins from the body.

Her son, Matthew , said he wished she had done more research on Xiao .

Xiao had already been jailed for a previous offence in Australia where a six-year-old boy died.

Department of Health and Social Care urged anyone seeking therapy treatments to use qualified practitioners who are on a professional register.

Irena Stoynova, 39 , from Hampshire , was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer.

She tried a restricted raw-food diet, intermittent fasting, boiling herbs and special teas.

But she became so unwell, she almost died and had to undergo chemotherapy.

She has now made a full recovery and wants to warn others of the risks of alternative treatments.

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informal

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English

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