Xiao was an alternative healer and practised ‘paida lajin’ – a therapy in which people slap themselves and others to expel toxins from the body.
Ms Carr-Gomm, from Lewes in East Sussex, had type 1 diabetes, meaning she had to take insulin every day to keep her blood glucose levels under control.
“She was very loving and very caring, but also had a very hard-working ethic,” Mr Carr-Gomm said.
She had type 1 diabetes and struggled with injecting insulin, so was always looking for different ways to manage the condition.
“It made her more focused on her health…. and wanting to live,” he added.
When asked if she’d ever stopped taking her insulin before trying Xiao’s workshop, Mr Carr-Gomm said “never”.
“She was actually quite a risk-averse person….she was also quite naïve.
“I wish she’d done some more internet-based research and typed his name in and some of the things that’d happened,” he said.
