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Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
#21
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
The muscle diagnosis reminds me of one of my favorites, iridology.

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.
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#22
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
(March 11, 2014 at 9:37 pm)Beccs Wrote:
(March 11, 2014 at 9:32 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote: I am thinking that this is why people fall for the whole 'Alternative Medicine' woo.

We don't understand our own bodies (through trial and error), everyone is different, and mainstream medicine isn't as advanced as we would like to think it is (in terms of the previous)

I do have what I call 'First-First Aid' it only goes so far; then it is off to the doctors.

I rmember when I graduated, talking to an older doctor who was getting ready to retire. He said to me (paraphrasing), "I don't envy you. Medicine is progressing so fast these days you're likely to spend as much time keeping up with it as practicing it."

This is what I was driving at. We hear of the research and expect / demand that our humble General Practitioner is well versed on the topic and ready to deliver said treatment.

No slur against medical practitioners
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#23
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
(March 11, 2014 at 9:46 pm)Faith No More Wrote: The muscle diagnosis reminds me of one of my favorites, iridology.

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.

I wonder if this actually exists, but I'd be amused to invent one along the lines of "Aurology". You read a person's "aura" to diagnose their problems and then use some sort of woo (that I haven't thought up yet" to "treat" them.

Wonder how much money I could make . . .?

Pen and Teller do a good knock down of alternative medicines on Bullshit.
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#24
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
Naturopath friend of mine practiced this form of diagnosis. Can't say it was effective though as she employed homeopathy as 'treatment'

I was the guinnea pig. :S for her studies.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#25
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
(March 11, 2014 at 9:50 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Naturopath friend of mine practiced this form of diagnosis. Can't say it was effective though as she employed homeopathy as 'treatment'

I was the guinnea pig. :S for her studies.

I cringe when I hear these people and their claims.

Seriously, is there no form of woo that they haven't invented?

Confused Fall
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#26
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
Not as far as I am aware Beccs. Hehe

I like the one about 'Crystal Healing' /sarcasm. Yep she practiced this too. Her best friend was a self styled witch, with psychic powers and who worked for a realestate agency here in Oz. Hehe

Need I tell you we had a "falling out" (her words) over my scepticism?

As for Iridology, I would surmise that an ophthalmologist would be the best person to consult?

And have you ever noticed that one can't have anymore than 4 cups (250mls) of 'Healing Herbal tea' a day? So much for safe alternatives?
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#27
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
I think we have to be carful not to throw the baby out with the bath water, there have been many cases reported on the benefits of so called alternative medicine, you would have to be living under a rock not to know that.
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#28
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
(March 11, 2014 at 10:08 pm)psychoslice Wrote: I think we have to be carful not to throw the baby out with the bath water, there have been many cases reported on the benefits of so called alternative medicine, you would have to be living under a rock not to know that.
O RLY?

Find three reliable sources that claim alternative medicine is more effective than could be accounted for by the placebo effect.
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#29
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
(March 11, 2014 at 10:11 pm)futilethewinds Wrote:
(March 11, 2014 at 10:08 pm)psychoslice Wrote: I think we have to be carful not to throw the baby out with the bath water, there have been many cases reported on the benefits of so called alternative medicine, you would have to be living under a rock not to know that.
O RLY?

Find three reliable sources that claim alternative medicine is more effective than could be accounted for by the placebo effect.

Exactly what I was going to say: the Placebo Effect
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#30
RE: Alternative Medicine (Hint: This is NOT really medicine)
Yup. Placebo.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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