World's oddest treatments: "Witch Doctor" gives them a go

What's that being dangled on the left? A baby mouse. When soaked in rice wine, mice - just days old - turn the beverage into a traditional Chinese and Korean tonic for everything ranging from the common cold to virility. Here, British TV host Piers Gibbon, also known as the "Witch Doctor," samples some of the brew in Hong Kong. Gibbon has been traveling the globe trying the world's most unusual remedies for a new National Geographic TV show.

What else has he tried? Treatments range from animal sacrifice to hallucinogenic drinks. Keep clicking to see more daring experiments Gibbon and other cast members of the new show have tried...

Credit: Bullseye Productions Ltd. and Carolyn Payne