Twin girls receive the sanfutie remedy at a hospital in Kaifeng, Henan province, July 18, 2014, the beginning of the dog days of summer, which usually run from mid-July to mid-August. Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine believe that sanfutie, a plaster made of traditional Chinese herbal medicine, relieves chronic illnesses. [Photo by Liu Qinli/For China Daily]

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