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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]
Auriculotherapy (also auricular therapy, ear acupuncture, and auriculoacupuncture) is a form of alternative medicine based on the idea that the ear is a micro-system which reflects the entire body, represented on the auricle, the outer portion of the ear. Conditions affecting the physical, mental or emotional health of the patient are assumed ...
Colorpuncture, cromopuncture, or color light acupuncture, is a pseudoscientific [1] alternative medicine practice based on "mystical or supernatural" beliefs [2] which asserts that colored lights can be used to stimulate acupuncture points to promote healing and better health.
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 ...
For example, in a study done on musculoskeletal pain acupuncture treatment, researchers use the term “Western Acupuncture”, which is defined as the acupuncture practices that are evidence based [7]. This term also removes the cultural connotations that are used in acupuncture such as "qi", or "primordial energy" [8].
Chromotherapy is regarded by health experts and historians as pseudoscience and quackery. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to a book published by the American Cancer Society , "available scientific evidence does not support claims that alternative uses of light or color therapy are effective in treating cancer or other illnesses". [ 5 ]
The lack of apparent benefits of cupping treatments are discussed by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst in their 2008 book Trick or Treatment. [15] As a pseudoscientific detoxification ritual, proponents of cupping falsely claim that it can remove unspecified toxins from the body.
Concerns have been raised by medical professionals that treating potentially serious illnesses with reflexology, which has no proven efficacy, could delay the seeking of appropriate medical treatment. [17] Reflexologists posit that the blockage of an energy field, invisible life force, or Qi, can prevent healing. Another tenet of reflexology is ...