A child has Sanfu Paste applied the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated with Ningxia Medicine College in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 13, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]
The Sanfu Paste, also known as dog-days paste, is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment. During the treatment, patients will be stuck with the Chinese medicine contained in the paste on acupoints during the dog days.
This treatment is regarded as able to cure such chronic diseases like asthma. Monday is the first day of dog days and hospitals are crammed with citizens asking for the Sanfu Paste.
A boy receives cupping therapy before sticking the Sanfu Paste in Kangyide Hospital in Beijing, on July 13, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]
A doctor makes the Sanfu Paste in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Ningxia Medicine College in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 13, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]
Residents queue to have the Sanfu Paste stuck in the Hospital Affiliated to Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine College in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, July 13, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]
