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SHANGHAI: The best remedy for winter health problems is heat. This traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment is drawing many people to hospitals. Hundreds of people can be found each day in the wards of Shuguang Hospital, a famous TCM center in Shanghai undergoing heat therapy, about half of them children. They lie face down to receive tiefu treatment - the application of heat-giving medical plasters that are placed on the back.Some are attached to electrodes for more heat. Asthma and other respiratory infections are becoming more common today, especially among children, Wang Ziying, a spokeswoman for Shuguang Hospital, said. The hospital treats an average of 500 patients with tiefu every day. Its curative effect is starting to spread as more parents bring their children to the hospital for treatment. "Children who go through such treatment have little red spots on their skin," Wang said. "When people ask about it, the information is spread."The t...

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