Facebook posts have been shared tens of thousands of times by users in Thailand alongside the false claim that drinking warm water on an empty stomach in the morning will help cure various conditions such as heart disease and epilepsy, while drinking cold water is "harmful to health". However, health experts told AFP the habit, while beneficial, is not a cure for the medical conditions and diseases listed in the post. They also said cold water was not dangerous.

"Try for one month, costs nothing. A group of Japanese doctors confirm that warm water can cure 100 percent of [these] health problems," reads the first paragraph of the Thai-language claim, shared here on December 3, 2022.

The post has been shared 26,000 times.

It then lists more than a dozen diseases such as high and low blood pressure, heart disease and epilepsy that are purportedly curable by drinking warm water.

The post also says the method called "Japanese water therapy" involves drinking four glasses of warm water on an empty stomach after waking up.

It further states this will cure various illnesses within a specific time frame -- such as "heart diseases and diabetes within 30 days".

"Remember that drinking cold water is harmful to your health," the post goes on to say. "Cold water will block 4 artery veins, leading to a heart attack. A cold beverage is a significant factor for heart attack."

The post also features two brain scan images with text that says: "Several years of headache. Thought it was...

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