TCM therapy helps lose weight in NE China

A patient undergoes cupping treatment, a traditional Chinese remedy, at a weight loss centre in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province June 21, 2010. The centre, established in 2004, is currently treating more than 100 obese patients from all over China. Each course of treatment, lasting about a month, costs about 4,000 yuan (US$587). [Agencies]