Category: Traditional Medicine

A close-up, black and white image shows one hand massaging a person's back while the other hand holds a smooth hot stone, likely during a hot stone massage therapy session.
Science and MedicineTraditional Chinese MedicineTraditional Medicine

The Red Marks of Pseudo-Medicine: Gua Sha

Claiming that an inflammatory response to injury is inherently therapeutic is a massive leap of faith.

/ February 16, 2026
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Politics and RegulationPublic HealthTraditional Chinese Medicine

The World Health Organization on Traditional Medicine

The World Health Organization updated their guidelines on "traditional medicine." Unfortunately, as has been the case in the past the WHO tends to be far too credulous about unproven and disproven treatments.

/ January 21, 2026
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Traditional Medicine Based Extinction. An Update.

What we do best.

/ August 19, 2025
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Islamic Medicine and the Biopolitics of Antiscience in Iran

When Islamic Medicine Kills the Ayatollah!

/ March 13, 2025
A historic illustration depicting an operation with medieval Islamic physicians. One patient lies on a table while three doctors dressed in traditional robes and turbans tend to him, one holding his wrist and the others examining and discussing the patient.
CommentaryPolitics and RegulationScience and Medicine

The Biopolitics of Quackademic Medicine in Iran

The problem of quackademic medicine in a place we in the US don't often consider.

/ August 27, 2024