Video & pics | Hot sanfu moxibustion treatment on hot summer day in GZ

On July 5, a total of more than 30,000 people swarmed into Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, a renowned TCM hospital in Guangzhou, to receive the first wave of sanfu moxibustion treatment.

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According to the Chinese lunar calender, the three hottest periods in summer are known as sanfu.

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Chinese people believe that moxibustion in summer can cure many winter diseases.

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Source: Guangzhou Daily
English author & editor: Lyu Yun