A pensioner ended up in hospital after eating eight live frogs to relieve her lower back pain.

The 82-year-old woman from China heard in folklore that munching on the amphibians could help ease the agony caused by a herniated disc, according to local media reports.

Referred to only by her surname Zhang, she asked her family for help catching the frogs in September, without letting on as to why she suddenly needed them.

Zhang ate three right away and then consumed five more frogs, all smaller than the palm of her hand, the next day. It didn’t take long for her to develop abdominal pain which landed her in hospital.

Her son said: ‘My mother ate eight live frogs. Now the sharp pain has made her unable to walk.’

After telling doctors what she’d done, they soon established she had a parasi

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