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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Evans

How pensioner fell under the spell of crank healing guru she called ‘messenger sent by God’

Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1998, Danielle Carr-Gomm had spent the larger part of two decades searching for alternative methods to control her illness.

Struggling to find a treatment that made life more bearable, it was in July 2016 that she turned to a Paida Lajin workshop – otherwise known as slapping therapy – run by Californian alternative healer Hongchi Xiao.

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