Rinzin Dorji from Woongchilo village, in Jamkhar Gewog, Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag, discusses local practices of healing by poison extraction. The belief that extracting poison from various parts of the patient’s body can heal the patient is mostly found in eastern Bhutan. People residing in remote parts of Bhutan, in general, are known to have strong faith in the local healers of their locality. There is a general belief that if there is poison in the body, modern medicine can react adversely with it, doing more harm than good.