Alternative medicine treatments

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Traditional Chinese treatment in which needles are inserted into the body

Version of the above that applies pressure instead of needles

Previously sold as a panacea, it is used as a term referring to fake cures or treatments

Uses quartz, opals and amethysts

According to it, sustances causing a disease can also be used to cure it. Steve Jobs used it to treat his pancreatic cancer, rejecting other scientific treatments.

Introduces the molecule O3 to the body. It can produce paraplegias, pulmonary embolisms and heart attacks

Uses essential oils to improve well-being through smells

Popularized by Galen, it fell out of favour when germ theory arrived. It used bloodletting as a tool to regulate its four chemical systems: Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile

Consumption of urine for health and cosmetic purposes

Involves the use of water

Manipulates the spine and other joints to improve general health through the nervous system

Similar to the above, it focuses on improving blood flow

Transfers universal energy from the palms of the practitioner to the patient without contact

Based around the use of salt

Maps parts of the body onto 'zones' of the feet, then applying pressure those zones to produce an effect elsewhere

Traditional Chinese treatment that applies heated "cups" on the skin

Tries to rid the body of unspecified "toxins". This term is also used on evidence-based medicine to refer to other treatments and processes

Umbrella term for many practices promoting "self-healing" and rejecting any "artificial" or "invasive" treatments