A self-proclaimed healer has been charged in connection with the death of a UK grandmother at a “slap therapy” workshop several years ago.
Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, was found dead in her room at Cleeve House, Wiltshire, on October 20, 2016, where she was taking part in a paya 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 are slapped or slap themselves repeatedly to supposedly draw out toxins from the blood, or “sha,” the outlet explained.
The session was led by Hongchi Xiao, 60, founder of the Pailala Institute and author of “Heal Yourself Naturally Now,” which discusses the benefits of paya lajin as a method to increase circulation and remove toxins from the blood, the outlet explained.
Xiao, of Cloudbreak, California, was arrested on Thursday while returning to the UK from Australia on an extradition warrant, and charged with manslaughter by gross negligence in connection with 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 at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday, the force confirmed.
The Pailala Institute – which boasts that its mission is to “transform our world into a healthier place” – did not respond to the Post’s request for comment on Xiao’s arrest.
Carr-Gromm was always trying to find alternative methods to treat his diabetes because he had difficulty injecting insulin for fear of needles, his son, Matthew, told the Telegraph.
Xiao will appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Cambio.org
“She was always interested in finding alternative methods to treat her diabetes and was very interested in alternative and holistic medicine and therapies,” explained Matthew, who lives in New Zealand.
“I know she was desperate to try to cure herself of this illness. She always maintained a healthy lifestyle and was convinced that nothing would stop her from living a full life.”
Carr-Gromm documented her decision to attend the $951 course in a blog, in which she mentioned that the week-long workshop in October was Xiao’s second one she would attend that year, the Telegraph reported shortly after her death.
Carr-Gomm was attending the workshop at Cleeve House when he died. Henry Nicholls SWNS.com
The first session, which took place in Bulgaria, resulted in “large areas of my body being bruised blue, indicating that a large amount of ‘sha’ or poisoned blood and toxins had been released,” the septuagenarian wrote in a publication, the outlet said. .
Carr-Gromm also underwent a “lajin,” a forced stretch on a hard bench, which, he recalled, “felt like agony and an eternity.”
Shortly before his death, Carr-Gromm told readers that he stopped taking insulin for two days, only to resume it when his blood sugar levels became “sky high.”
Carr-Gomm was trying to find an alternative treatment for his diabetes, his son said. Carr-Gomm Family / SWNS.com
“My hope is that a second and perhaps a 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 hopes.”
“I am sure that if I had not followed this path, I would still be alive today,” he lamented to the Telegraph.
Before Carr-Gromm’s death, Xiao had also been questioned by Australian authorities about the death of a seven-year-old diabetic boy in Sydney, the outlet noted.
Hongchi Xiao, founder of the Pailala Institute and author of “Heal Yourself Naturally Now,” has been arrested in connection with the case. SWNS.com
The slapping method has frequently been criticized as having no scientific basis, even though Xiao claims it can treat everything from body pain and cancer to Alzheimer’s and paralysis, the BBC said.
“Paida Lajin is extremely dangerous. We urge people not to engage in this unsafe practice,” Martin Ledwick, head of information nursing at Cancer Research UK, told the Telegraph in 2019.
“It couldn’t be more worrying to see that it is advertised instead of consulting a doctor, and its claims about cancer are not related to any scientific fact,” he warned.
Seven years later, Matthew Carr-Gromm lamented that his mother had missed so much.
“In recent years, Mum was in a fantastic place with a partner, a lovely house and traveling the world. She had a lot of life left in her,” she told the Telegraph.
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