KOTTAYAM, KERALA, INDIA - JANUARY 01: Master Baiju is preparing a plaster to cure a patient whose knee got stuck after a staphylococcus infection. Applied on the skin and surrounded with a piece of cloth, it will be changed every alternative day. It will reduce swelling and will give back to the muscles and the veins their vitality. Practitioner is Baiju Gurukkal of Kottayam Kerala, in Kottayam Kerala on January 01, 2010 in Kottayam Kerala, India. (Photo by Herve BRUHAT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)