San Marino visitors get a taste of TCM

Lying in a Shanghai hospital and experiencing TCM cupping treatment for the first time, Republic of San Marino resident Fernando Ceccoli says the pain on his lower back was relieved after a short time.

"I feel the comfortable warmth of the bamboo cups," said Ceccoli, a 58-year-old retiree from the landlocked country on the northern Italian Peninsula. "I've never tried this before and I would like to try it again."

Ceccoli, along with another 50 members from the microstate, was taking part in an exchange program at Central Hospital of Shanghai Putuo District, organized by the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.