1. The patient's rare condition is called pica, a compulsion to eat things not normally consumed as food.
2. Liu can detect a medical condition by feeling a patient's body with his hands, the unique method of diagnosis his teacher taught him.
3. " The patient's condition was too serious and she died on Monday after treatment failed, " said a statement on the website of Guangdong's health department.
4. The goal is to treat each patient holistically, with prescriptions tailored to the individual patient's condition.