# Alternative Medicine **URL:** https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/c/alternative-medicine/11.md [Latest](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the Alternative Medicine category](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/about-the-alternative-medicine-category/17)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/about-the-alternative-medicine-category/17 "2021-06-01T15:57:15Z")
Chiropractic, healing touch, homeopathy, psychic surgery and other similar topics are discussed in this category. --- ## [Studies show link between fluoride and IQ](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/studies-show-link-between-fluoride-and-iq/11786)
**Author:** [@georgieboy1](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/georgieboy1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/studies-show-link-between-fluoride-and-iq/11786 "2025-11-06T02:45:46Z")
By now, the evidence had become impossible to ignore. More than 75 human studies have examined the relationship between early-life fluoride exposure and IQ scores. Most—though not all—found an inverse association. --- ## [Massive Study Finds No Evidence Aluminum in Vaccines Causes Childhood Disease](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/massive-study-finds-no-evidence-aluminum-in-vaccines-causes-childhood-disease/11646)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/massive-study-finds-no-evidence-aluminum-in-vaccines-causes-childhood-disease/11646 "2025-07-24T02:07:11Z")
Don’t know if anyone visits here anymore, still, despite that, seems like this is the sort of stuff that ought to get posted and even discussed. But discussions are so 20 century. A Massive Study Finds No Evidence Alu… --- ## [7 Surprising Ways That Marijuana Can Treat Your Illness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/7-surprising-ways-that-marijuana-can-treat-your-illness/7359)
**Author:** [@nadiaishere01](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/nadiaishere01)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/7-surprising-ways-that-marijuana-can-treat-your-illness/7359 "2025-04-29T15:53:48Z")
Hey Guys! I hope you all are doing well and safe. I just published 7 Surprising Ways That Marijuana Can Treat Your Illness and giving its preview in a nutshell over here. We often discuss Marijuana and its amazing bene… --- ## [Supplements causing increasing numbers of hospital visits due to liver injury](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/supplements-causing-increasing-numbers-of-hospital-visits-due-to-liver-injury/3285)
**Author:** [@macgyver](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/macgyver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/supplements-causing-increasing-numbers-of-hospital-visits-due-to-liver-injury/3285 "2024-01-29T02:13:27Z")
The liver is the bodies chemistry factory. It takes molecules we ingest and modifies them into things that are less harmful and which can be more easily excreted. Virtually everything we consume passes through the liver … --- ## [Seeking recommendations for alternative treatment for anxiety!](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/seeking-recommendations-for-alternative-treatment-for-anxiety/6639)
**Author:** [@fetalfreak](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/fetalfreak)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/seeking-recommendations-for-alternative-treatment-for-anxiety/6639 "2023-06-29T15:29:01Z")
I’ve suffered from a severe form of anxiety since I was a child and as of today I have tried every anxiety medication including antidepressants and benzodiazepines. They have me on max dose of Clonazepam 4 times a day as… --- ## [Polyvagal Theory / Polyvagal "Coaching"](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/polyvagal-theory-polyvagal-coaching/9541)
**Author:** [@aballentine01](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/aballentine01)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/polyvagal-theory-polyvagal-coaching/9541 "2022-11-04T17:35:16Z")
This was a new one on me, and if any of the SI editors are reading this, I hope you might consider doing an article on this. It’s called “Polyvagal Theory” (with a practitioner side called “polyvagal coaching”), and it s… --- ## [CFI and Alt Med update](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/cfi-and-alt-med-update/9403)
**Author:** [@mriana](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mriana)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/cfi-and-alt-med-update/9403 "2022-04-29T11:14:06Z")
Now let me start by saying, I do take a multivitamin and extra vitamin D3 (doctor’s recommendation, as well as Echinacea, Turmeric/Curcumin, Flaxseed oil, and garlic. So I am not anti-supplements, but I do have issues … --- ## [What's The Deal With This "Alternative Medicine" Crap.](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/whats-the-deal-with-this-alternative-medicine-crap/5785)
**Author:** [@cultsmasher](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cultsmasher)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/whats-the-deal-with-this-alternative-medicine-crap/5785 "2022-04-15T18:36:23Z")
Seeing how medicine that has come about through the work of scientists using the scientific method is far superior, wouldn’t it be better for the heading of this section be about medicine? Then, if anybody wants to talk … --- ## [Will CBD oil show up in a drug test?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/will-cbd-oil-show-up-in-a-drug-test/6570)
**Author:** [@ellrian50](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/ellrian50)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/will-cbd-oil-show-up-in-a-drug-test/6570 "2020-05-08T08:35:32Z")
Hi all. I’m very excited about CBD oil and know that it can help me in a number of ways. However, my job makes me take drug tests regularly, so the question is simple:will CBD oil show up in a drug test? I’ve read multi… --- ## [What a Long Strange Trip](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/what-a-long-strange-trip/8911)
**Author:** [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/what-a-long-strange-trip/8911 "2022-01-19T02:06:45Z")
Okay, I’m not sure what this means, but it was a weird experience for me. Netflix has a documentary on LSD. They get a wide of range of people talking about it, even Timothy Leary’s son. It’s really good. Anyway. Sting c… --- ## [Anti-parasite medication](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/anti-parasite-medication/7762)
**Author:** [@oliviathomas](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/oliviathomas)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/anti-parasite-medication/7762 "2021-12-14T13:16:56Z")
ivermectin · Ivermectin is an anti-parasite medication. · Ivermectin is used to treat infections in the body that are caused by certain parasites. · Ivermectin is currently being investigated a… --- ## [Tinnitus and Hearing Issues from Jabs](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/tinnitus-and-hearing-issues-from-jabs/8363)
**Author:** [@joycemartino](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/joycemartino)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/tinnitus-and-hearing-issues-from-jabs/8363 "2021-11-23T07:29:37Z")
and this is a MILD side effect… Short video All those doing the jabs are Guinea Pigs…Major. No real long term trials on any of them. --- ## [Different Strengths in 3 So Called Jabs](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/different-strengths-in-3-so-called-jabs/8362)
**Author:** [@joycemartino](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/joycemartino)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/different-strengths-in-3-so-called-jabs/8362 "2021-09-21T05:20:38Z")
Read it folks, how about why people have terrible issues with the jabs they get and some have NO issues…many may have gotten Saline only… Read it and educate yourselves some. It is my understanding that all three vendo… --- ## [For My Strong Healthy Immune System, I](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/for-my-strong-healthy-immune-system-i/8354)
**Author:** [@joycemartino](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/joycemartino)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/for-my-strong-healthy-immune-system-i/8354 "2021-09-21T02:39:49Z")
take Grape Seed Extract, Vit C, Vit D3, Zinc and have been for over 26 yrs on most of these. 83 yrs young and no sickness, colds, flu and no vaccines. --- ## ["American Frontline Doctors" more right wing betrayers of trust](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/american-frontline-doctors-more-right-wing-betrayers-of-trust/8358)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/american-frontline-doctors-more-right-wing-betrayers-of-trust/8358 "2021-09-20T02:59:24Z")
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH “America’s Frontline Physicians” In another thread a person started by peddling curious foods as wonder nutrition, then revealed her colors with the following: Do you follow American Frontline… --- ## [Speaking of alternative medicine: How About Music?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/speaking-of-alternative-medicine-how-about-music/7718)
**Author:** [@citizenschallengev3](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/speaking-of-alternative-medicine-how-about-music/7718 "2021-08-25T13:29:18Z")
Hoffmanian Conscious Agents have no way to explain what happened within that audience, particularly at 0:42 min - but neuroscience, with a lot more work, could. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Whoa! Lay Off the Vitamins!](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/whoa-lay-off-the-vitamins/2885)
**Author:** [@coldhearttucker](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/coldhearttucker)\ **Replies:** 453\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/whoa-lay-off-the-vitamins/2885 "2021-06-04T09:37:10Z")
People taking vitamin supplements can have a dramatically increased risk of death.\] In October 2011, researchers from the University of Minnesota found that women who took supplemental multivitamins died at rates higher… --- ## [skin cancer](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/skin-cancer/7795)
**Author:** [@michaelmckinney1951](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/michaelmckinney1951)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/skin-cancer/7795 "2021-03-03T10:39:24Z")
This is what appeared on my face a few weeks after I dumped muriatic acid into a pool. A drop rebounded and landed where this carcinoma eventually emerged in the exact spot where my skin sizzled for a few seco… --- ## [an account of a "psychic healer" that always bothered me](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/an-account-of-a-psychic-healer-that-always-bothered-me/7773)
**Author:** [@hashidate](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/hashidate)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/an-account-of-a-psychic-healer-that-always-bothered-me/7773 "2021-02-20T01:27:00Z")
There is this story of a so-called psychic healer that always bothered me, because it took place so long ago, there wasnt any critical study of her “work” and one of the people who did “study” her was a Christian fundie … --- ## [Antibiotics - Combining Pharma with Natural Substances?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/antibiotics-combining-pharma-with-natural-substances/6421)
**Author:** [@consultant](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/consultant)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/antibiotics-combining-pharma-with-natural-substances/6421 "2021-02-05T11:10:57Z")
Wondering if naturopathic antibiotics (such as Sarsaparilla \[Smilex Medica\], Burdock \[Arctium lappa\], etc) can enhance the effectiveness of pharmaceutical antibiotics (such as tetracyclines) or do they have the potential… --- ## [Quorum Sensing as a Vaccine](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/quorum-sensing-as-a-vaccine/7758)
**Author:** [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/quorum-sensing-as-a-vaccine/7758 "2021-02-04T18:24:48Z")
Now that we have discovered that bacteria and viruses “talk” to each other when to become virulent, perhaps we can confuse their language and stop them from becoming active, without making them drug resistant. IOW, we w… --- ## [The Problem With Mental Illness.](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-problem-with-mental-illness/5788)
**Author:** [@cultsmasher](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cultsmasher)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-problem-with-mental-illness/5788 "2021-01-23T09:29:41Z")
--- ## [How might cannabinoids be useful as medicine?](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/how-might-cannabinoids-be-useful-as-medicine/7331)
**Author:** [@petergrinspoon](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/petergrinspoon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/how-might-cannabinoids-be-useful-as-medicine/7331 "2021-01-13T14:42:22Z")
The term cannabinoids refer to compounds or chemicals found in marijuana or more precise in the Cannabis Sativa plants. Since the number of clinical trials is still not large enough to prove all the benefits and risks of… --- ## [Alternative Medicine and secularism](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/alternative-medicine-and-secularism/5519)
**Author:** [@midwestfreethinker](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/midwestfreethinker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/alternative-medicine-and-secularism/5519 "2020-12-08T12:18:42Z")
I think in many cases alternative medicine is safer than conventional medicine. The problem with alternative medicine is that it has been denied legitimacy by the medical establishment for so long. Wilhelm Reich is a goo… --- ## [God's medicine, Gorry Be...](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/gods-medicine-gorry-be/4888)
**Author:** [@yosemitesam](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/yosemitesam)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/gods-medicine-gorry-be/4888 "2020-10-20T15:25:59Z")
Anything but Humble: Holy Man’s Cure-All Found to Be Toxic BY MEGHAN HAMILTON • 16 MARCH 2016 http://thehumanist.com/news/international/anything-humble-holy-mans-cure-found-toxic … On March 4 the Canadian Broadcasting Co… --- ## [Ideas for Changing the State of Alternative Medicine](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/ideas-for-changing-the-state-of-alternative-medicine/2823)
**Author:** [@drparent](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/drparent)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/ideas-for-changing-the-state-of-alternative-medicine/2823 "2020-09-01T11:26:31Z")
Last night, I attended Harriet Hall’s “I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Science” at PSU. This got me thinking about ways that we might change society to eliminate the propagation of expensive placebos touted as effective treatme… --- ## [Rainforest plant - Potential cure for ALS](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/rainforest-plant-potential-cure-for-als/3799)
**Author:** [@hellspawn1](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/hellspawn1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/rainforest-plant-potential-cure-for-als/3799 "2020-08-30T14:19:35Z")
Ayahuasca – Ethnobotanical medicine for potential treatment of ALS From: \ This article is the culmination of si… --- ## [Turns out that eating placenta, is NOT good for you.](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/turns-out-that-eating-placenta-is-not-good-for-you/7488)
**Author:** [@timb](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/timb)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/turns-out-that-eating-placenta-is-not-good-for-you/7488 "2020-08-26T12:35:07Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/is-eating-placenta-a-good-idea-probably-not-here-s-why/ar-BB189xcS?ocid=msedgdhp Yummy, yummy. Want some dead human birth by-product tissue to munch on? Better not! "... … --- ## [Corona virus](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/corona-virus/7127)
**Author:** [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/corona-virus/7127 "2020-06-14T20:56:50Z")
For general information; NPIS for Community Preparedness CDC recommends individuals and families follow everyday preventive measures: Voluntary Home Isolation: Stay home when you are sick with respiratory disease sympt… [Next page](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/c/alternative-medicine/11.md?page=1)