The Witch Doctor Will See You Now — Season 1, Episode 1: Snake Blood Remedy
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
Piers Gibbon takes volunteer patients to Hong Kong in a bid to uncover the science behind traditional Chinese medicine and determine if these remedies can succeed where Western medicine has failed.
About The Witch Doctor Will See You Now
Document some of the world's most ancient and extreme medical practices, from the snake-soup healer in Hong Kong to the chicken-massaging witch doctors in the African country of Cameroon. Gibbon is joined by volunteer patients who are seeking cures to their own ailments, something Western medicine has failed to achieve.