An old Chinese woman was recently hospitalized after swallowing eight live frogs to treat the back pain caused by a herniated spine disc.

When suffering from back pain, most people will take some painkillers, maybe use some ointments, or see a doctor about it, but an old woman from Hangzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province, decided that the best course of action was to swallow frogs. After hearing a rumor that swallowing live frogs could help relieve back pain, the woman, surnamed Zhang, asked some relatives to catch some mid-sized amphibians for her, but didn’t tell them what she planned to do with them. She proceeded to swallow five live frogs one day, and followed that up with another three the next day. It wasn’t long before she started experiencing excruciating stomach pain.