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pearl wrote:

>>"Leif Erikson" > wrote in message ink.net...

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>>>Misterina wrote:

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>>>>"Leif Erikson" > wrote in message ink.net...
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>>>>>>>>Not as authorities, per se, but their show BULLSHIT exposes frauds and
>>>>>>>>pseudoscience and other irrational nonsense. "Alternative medicine" is
>>>>>>>>bullshit.

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> Prof Nurse. 1993 Aug;8(11):722-5.
> Reflexology--its place in modern healthcare.
> Sahai IC.
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> 1. Reflexology is a safe treatment promoting homeostasis.


What the hell could be dangerous about a foot rub, unless the patient
has an injury or gout?

> 2. It is an ancient method


Ancient my ass. It's nineteenth-century snakeoil.

> of healing which is regaining
> popularity. 3. Reflexology has no side-effects, only so-called
> healing crises--stepping stones to better health. 4. Reflexology
> is now an established branch of paramedical medicine,


Paramedical medicine is oxymoronic.

> and should be available to NHS patients.
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> PMID: 8346270 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Citation


That's not a study, you charlatan.