Gunpowder secret remedy to man's stomachaches

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-20 08:57

A man in Chongqing municipality has eaten gunpowder from bullets during the past 30 years because it helps relieve stomachache, he said.

The man surnamed Zhang, 60, of Hechuan district, has suffered from such aches since 1972 and he was told that gunpowder could cure his suffering.

He obtained 28 military bullets from his friend over the years but his secret was revealed when a boy tried to steal his bullets from his house.

(Chongqing Morning News)