A self-proclaimed alternative healer has been charged in connection with the death of a grandmother in the UK at a ‘slap therapy’ workshop several years ago.
Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, was found dead in her room in Cleeve House, Wiltshire on October 20, 2016, where she had attended a paida lajin therapy workshop in the hope of finding an alternative treatment for her Type 1 diabetes, the Telegraph reported.
Paida lajin is a holistic Chinese method in which patients slap or slap themselves repeatedly to supposedly remove blood toxins, or “sha,” the outlet explained.
The session was moderated by Hongchi Xiao, 60, founder of the Pailala Institute and author of “Heal Yourself Naturally Now,” who discussed the benefits of paida lajin as a method to improve circulation and remove blood toxins, the outlet explained.
Xiao, from Cloudbreak, California, was arrested on Thursday when he returned to the UK from Australia on an extradition warrant, and charged with manslaughter by gross negligence in relation to Carr-Gromm’s death, Wiltshire Police announced.
Danielle Carr-Gomm died in October 2016 during a slapping workshop. Carr-Gomm Family / SWNS.com
He will appear before Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday, police confirmed.
The Pailala Institute – which boasts that its mission is to “change our world into a healthier place” – did not respond to The Post’s request for comment on Xiao’s arrest.
Carr-Gromm has always tried to find alternative methods of treating his diabetes because he struggled to inject insulin because of his fear of needles, his son, Matthew, told the Telegraph.
Xiao will appear before Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Change.org
“He has always been interested in finding alternative methods to treat and manage his diabetes and is very interested in alternative and holistic medicine and therapy,” explains Matthew, who lives in New Zealand.
“I know he is desperate to try and cure himself of this disease. She has always maintained a healthy lifestyle and is adamant that nothing will stop her from living life to the fullest.”
Carr-Gromm documented her decision to attend the $951 course on a blog, where she mentioned that the week-long October workshop was Xiao’s second she would attend that year, the Telegraph reported shortly after his death.
Carr-Gomm was attending a workshop at Cleeve House when he died. Henry Nicholls SWNS.com
The first session, which took place in Bulgaria, resulted in “a large part of my body bruised blue indicating that a lot of ‘sha’ or poisonous blood and toxins were released,” the septuagena group member wrote in a post, the outlet said. .
Carr-Gromm also underwent a “lajin,” a forced stretch on a hard bench, which she recalls “felt like agony and eternity.”
Shortly before her death, Carr-Gromm told readers that she stopped injecting her insulin for two days, only to resume when her blood sugar levels became “sky high.”
Carr-Gomm is trying to find alternative treatments for her diabetes, her son said. Carr-Gomm Family / SWNS.com
“My hope is that the second and maybe third group workshop will help me heal completely,” she wrote.
At the time of Carr-Gromm’s death, Matthew referred to his mother as a “victim of false hope.”
“I’m sure if he hadn’t taken this course, he’d still be alive today,” he lamented to the Telegraph.
Before Carr-Gromm died, Xiao had also been questioned by authorities in Australia over the death of a seven-year-old diabetic boy in Sydney, the outlet said.
Hongchi Xiao — founder of Pailala Institute and author of “Heal Yourself Naturally Now” — was arrested in connection with the case. SWNS.com
The slap method is often criticized for having no scientific basis – although Xiao claims that it can treat everything from body aches and cancer to Alzheimer’s and paralysis, the BBC said.
“Paida Lajin is very dangerous. We urge the public not to take part in this unsafe practice,” Martin Ledwick, chief information nurse at Cancer Research UK, told the Telegraph in 2019.
“It could not be more alarming to see that it is advertised as a substitute for seeing a doctor, and that its claims about cancer have no connection to any scientific facts,” he reminded.
Seven years later, Matthew Carr-Gromm regrets that his mother has missed out on so much.
“In recent years, Mom has been in a great place with a partner, a beautiful home, and is traveling the world. He has a lot of life left in him,” he told the Telegraph.
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