An 82-year-old woman in eastern China has drawn widespread attention after swallowing eight small live frogs in an attempt to cure her lower back pain, following a local folk remedy. The woman, identified only by her surname Zhang, was admitted to a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in early September after suffering from severe abdominal pain, South China Morning Post reported citing Hangzhou Daily. “My mother ate eight live frogs. Now the sharp pain has made her unable to walk,” her son told doctors. Zhang had long been suffering from a herniated disc and believed that consuming live frogs could ease her pain. Without explaining her plan, she asked her family to catch some frogs for her. Once they did, Zhang swallowed three frogs on the first day and five the next, all sm

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