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  2. 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 ...

  3. Religious views on smoking - Wikipedia

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    The idea of smoking tobacco has been looked down upon in modern Zoroastrian communities due to the scientific knowledge of it causing harm to the body. This stance on smoking does not have a direct relation to the texts of the Avestas and is not stated in the religion, rather the religion teaches to not misuse fire as it is holy. Zoroastrianism ...

  4. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of the human body showing cancers and chronic diseases caused by smoking. Tobacco products, especially when smoked or used orally, have serious negative effects on human health. [1] [2] Smoking and smokeless tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. [3]

  5. Moxibustion - Wikipedia

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    Moxibustion ( Chinese: 灸; pinyin: jiǔ) is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy which consists of burning dried mugwort ( moxa) on particular points on the body. It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia.

  6. Traditional Chinese medicine - Wikipedia

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    e. Traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence of effectiveness or logical mechanism of action. [ 1][ 2] Medicine in traditional China encompassed a range of sometimes ...

  7. Cupping therapy - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese, cupping is known as "pulling-up jars" ( Chinese: 拔罐; pinyin: báguàn ). According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), cupping is done to dispel stagnation (stagnant blood and lymph), thereby improving qi flow, [ 38] in order to treat respiratory diseases such as the common cold, pneumonia and bronchitis.

  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.

  9. Auriculotherapy - Wikipedia

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    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 and an external organ, which reflects the entire body, represented on the auricle, the outer portion of the ear.

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