Slap therapy, also known as paida lajin, has been in the spotlight since Hongchi Xiao went on trial accused of the manslaughter of a British grandmother at one of his workshops in Wiltshire in 2016.

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A video of one of Xiao’s workshops, recorded in Malaysia, shows people taking part in the therapy, forcefully slapping different parts of their body, particularly joint areas and the head, until ...

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Translating to "slap and stretch", Paida Lajin is said to be a method through which "poisonous waste" is expelled from the body through patting and slapping parts of the body.