RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
March 11, 2014 at 9:46 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2014 at 9:46 pm by Faith No More.)
The muscle diagnosis reminds me of one of my favorites, iridology.
I've never heard of anyone actually practicing it, though.
Quote:Iridology (also known as iridodiagnosis[1] or iridiagnosis[2]) is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient's systemic health. Practitioners match their observations to iris charts, which divide the iris into zones that correspond to specific parts of the human body. Iridologists see the eyes as "windows" into the body's state of health.
Iridologists believe they can use the charts to distinguish between healthy systems and organs in the body and those that are overactive, inflamed, or distressed. Iridologists believe this information demonstrates a patient's susceptibility towards certain illnesses, reflects past medical problems, or predicts later health problems.
I've never heard of anyone actually practicing it, though.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
