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Not your average prescription!
"Doctor, Doctor, I'm not feeling too good." "Well, why don't you try attaching leeches to your face. Or better still why don't you put a walnut in your eye, whilst smoking moxa leaves through your ears!"
There are many complaints we have with the NHS, but, perhaps, we should look at some of the alternatives before slating our own medical treatment. These are some of the most weird, wacky and frankly stupid remedies for common ailments you're ever likely to see.
It just seems like some of these countries' chemists would look more like zoos than your typical Boots or Lloyds
Reference Accessed 12th July 2008 http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/fun-and-viral/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8865355
Check out the following link to some weird medical treatmnts - Don't worry, there's nothing gory. There's a gallery of 16 images to see.
http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/fun-and-viral/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8865355&imageindex=1