Dr. Oz Sued By New Jersey Man Who Burned Feet Using TV Host's Home Remedy For Insomnia: A Heated Sock Full Of Rice

Dr. Oz is being sued by a New Jersey man claiming he burned his feet while trying out a home remedy he saw on "The Dr. Oz Show": putting on a sock filled with uncooked rice that has been heated up in the microwave.

Frank Dietl, of Southampton, N.J., filed a lawsuit in Manhattan state Supreme Court, after Dr. Oz's suggested cure went terribly wrong.

"He wound up with third-degree burns on his feet and was confined to his bed for weeks," Dietl's attorney, Dominick Gullo, told the Daily News on Monday.

Dr. Mehmet Oz suggested the insomnia cure on his April 17 show.

"You do this and lie for about 20 minutes with those socks on in bed," Dr. Oz said. "The heat will divert blood to your feet...when your feet get hot, guess what happens to your body? It gets cold. Your body will automatically adjust its core temperature and as it gets cooler, you're going to be able to sleep better because your body has to be cold in order to get sleepy," he said.

Dr. Oz told viewers to make sure the socks didn't get too hot in the microwave.

"If you do this the right way, you'll be thanking me for years to come," he said.

It was revealed in Manhattan Supreme Court that Dietl suffers from neuropathy, or numbness in his feet, due to diabetes.

"There were no proper instructions or proper warnings," Gullo said. "There were no warnings to anybody with neuropathy to not try it."

Tim Sullivan, a spokesman for Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions, which produces "The Dr. Oz Show," said the company could not comment until it had reviewed the lawsuit.

"We stand by the content in our program as safe and educational for our viewers," said Tim Sullivan, a spokesman for Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions, which produces Dr. Oz's show.

The show declines to comment any further on the "Dr. Oz Show" segment that caused the doctor to get sued.