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A woman whose hair was falling out had her breasts and private parts fondled by an "alternative doctor" who claimed that doing so would make it grow back in, a court heard.

The woman, 28, said pressure of work as an online journalist had made her hair fall out.

The condition prompted her to seek Western, Chinese and even steroid treatment.

Then, through a priest she knew from university, she came to consult the accused, Chan Tung-choi, 68, who claimed he was an alternative medicine therapist.

Chan, who denies four counts of indecent assault, also claimed to have studied Western medicine in the United States.

Eastern Magistrates' Court heard that when the woman - who cannot be named for legal reasons - met Chan for the first time in his Sheung Wan clinic in September 2005, he persuaded her to buy a package of 10 massage treatments for HK$2,000.

A few months later, she said, during a massage in the middle of winter, Chan told her to strip off.

She said he then touched her private parts and said he was trying to "stimulate her locus." In early 2006 when she went for the next round of treatment, she told the court, he fondled her breasts and said she needed more intensive "sex therapy" to help her hair grow.

When she discussed Chan's therapy with friends, they told her they had never heard of such a method.

The woman told the court Chan became even more aggressive in September and October 2006.

At these visits to his clinic he kissed her breasts, forced her to accept his kisses and hinted at having sex with her, the court was told.

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