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The Lightning Process (LP) is a three-day personal training programme developed and trademarked by British osteopath Phil Parker. [1] It makes unsubstantiated claims to be beneficial for various conditions, including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), depression and chronic pain.
Detoxification (often shortened to detox and sometimes called body cleansing) is a type of alternative-medicine treatment which aims to rid the body of unspecified "toxins" – substances that proponents claim accumulate in the body over time and have undesirable short-term or long-term effects on individual health.
After trying the apparatus and getting the brown residue even when the bath is running without the presence of human feet, Timothy Caulfield concluded that "this is a really good example of what's ultimately nothing but a marketing scam."
A 2008 systematic review of nine randomized clinical trials found several shortcomings in the literature on reiki. [2] Depending on the tools used to measure depression and anxiety , the results varied and were not reliable or valid.
In 2015 the Australian Government's Department of Health published the results of a review of alternative therapies that sought to determine if any were suitable for being covered by health insurance; applied kinesiology was one of 17 therapies evaluated for which no clear evidence of effectiveness was found. [19]
The Alexander Technique, named after its developer Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), is an alternative therapy based on the idea that poor posture causes a range of health problems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 221 The American National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health classifies it as a "psychological and physical" complementary ...
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Ernst criticized a 2011 systematic review performed by Jakel and von Hauenschild for including observational studies and including studies with healthy volunteers. [15] This review concluded that the evidence base surrounding craniosacral therapy and its efficacy was sparse and composed of studies with heterogeneous design.