Health fraud

Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths or homeopathic physicians, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a disease in healthy people can cure similar symptoms in sick people; this doctrine is called similia similibus curentur, or "like cures like".

Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturopaths. These treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, such as homeopathy, to the widely accepted, such as certain forms of psychotherapy. The ideology and methods of naturopathy are based on vitalism and folk medicine rather than evidence-based medicine, although practitioners may use techniques supported by evidence. The ethics of naturopathy

children who are believed to possess special traits or abilities

species of plant

form of alternative medicine in which local suction is created on the skin

Amygdalin (from Ancient Greek: '''' 'almond') is a naturally occurring chemical compound found in many plants, most notably in the seeds (kernels, pips or stones) of apricots, bitter almonds, apples, peaches, cherries and plums, and in the roots of manioc.

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ThetaHealing (also Theta Healing) is the registered trademark for a method of meditation created by Vianna Stibal in 1995. ThetaHealing claims to change a practitioner's brain wave pattern to the theta pattern, allowing them to explore how "emotional energy" affects their health, and develop a "natural intuition".

pseudoscientific alternative medicine practice

molecule resembling two gallic acid molecules assembled "head to tail" and bound by two lactone links and a C–C bond

prayer and gestures that are perceived to bring divine intervention in physical healing

alleged cure with unclear identity

unproven alternative medicine

form of alternative medicine

pseudoscientific alternative medicine technique

Phosphorylethanolamine or phosphoethanolamine is an ethanolamine derivative that is used to construct two different categories of phospholipids. One category termed a glycerophospholipid and the other a sphingomyelin, or more specifically within the sphingomyelin class, a sphingophospholipid. Phosphorylethanolamine is a polyprotic acid with two pKa values at 5.61 and 10.39.

form of holistic medicine, pseudoscientific medical practice

pejorative term for the practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses and aggressively promoting their public awareness in order to expand the markets for treatment

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proposed disorder of vision

medicinal oil

uses of silver to establish the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease

controversial alternative medical treatment invented by Italian former professor of psychology Davide Vannoni

form of alternative medicine

pseudoscientific alternative medicine

German writer and communicator of pseudoscience

fraud in fertility medicine

alternative to traditional sauna using infrared radiation; popular in pseudo-medicine

pseudoscientific use of medicine

pieces of intestinal lining mistaken for parasites (created using bleach enemas)