Fascinating article about Hakka women in China with an interesting perspective on traditional healing and health:

"Some women folk also acted as mediums in the villages. One of them is Tan Siew Mee, 65, from Kampung Chui Chak in Hilir Perak.

Her clientele consists mainly of young children suffering from a culturally specific condition called haak geng or “soul loss” and patients suffering from a serious illness known in Cantonese as chu mao tan, which is characterised by very high body temperature. "