| Abstract | At the Shanghai Weight Reduction Centre, fitness director Dr Jiao Donghai worked out comprehensive treatments for obese patients. His "secret weapon" is a processed plant, rhubarb. Treatment usually includes a new diet, physical exercise, ointment extracted from rhubarb and the rhubarb pills themselves, which jade the patient's appetite and increase his or her intestinal excretions so that the body absorbs less fat. Jiao's achievements has recently won him a State prize which acknowledges those who make outstanding contributions to society. |
|---|
