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  2. Gua sha - Wikipedia

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    Negative side effects of gua sha range from minor ones – including dermatitis, burns and blood in the urine – to rare major effects including bleeding in the brain and severe injuries requiring skin grafts. [5] The use of hospital standards of sterilization and personal protective equipment is important to prevent infections. Although no ...

  3. Cupping therapy - Wikipedia

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    According to the NCCIH "Cupping can cause side effects such as persistent skin discoloration, scars, burns, and infections, and may worsen eczema or psoriasis". [ 25 ] Cupping causes breaks in the capillaries (small blood vessels) in the papillary dermis layer of the skin , resulting in the appearance of petechiae and purpura . [ 1 ]

  4. Are There Any Benefits to Drinking Alkaline Water? - AOL

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    The bone health effects of certain types of alkaline water could be due to higher calcium content or the ... as there is no evidence demonstrating any negative side effects other than a drain on ...

  5. Water ionizer - Wikipedia

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    Water ionizers are marketed on the basis of health claims which are focused on their ability to make water more alkaline.A wide variety of benefits have been claimed, including the ability to slow aging, [7] prevent disease, give the body more energy, and offset alleged effects of acidic foods.

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  7. Alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    Harriet Hall writes that there is a contrast between the circumstances of alternative medicine practitioners and disinterested scientists: in the case of acupuncture, for example, an acupuncturist would have "a great deal to lose" if acupuncture were rejected by research; but the disinterested skeptic would not lose anything if its effects were ...

  8. Acupuncture - Wikipedia

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    Acupuncture [b] is a form of alternative medicine [2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [4] [5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [6] and it has been characterized as quackery. [c]

  9. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    "Potentiates digitalis activity, increases coronary dilation effects of theophylline, caffeine, papaverine, sodium nitrate, adenosine and epinephrine, increase barbiturate-induced sleeping times" [3] Horse chestnut: conker tree, conker Aesculus hippocastanum: Liver toxicity, allergic reaction, anaphylaxis [3] Kava: awa, kava-kava [4] Piper ...