Dangerous
- Black salve — (AKA cansema) a paste made from bloodroot that is said to "draw out" cancer cells in tumors; known for causing massive disfiguration. If chemotherapy is slash'n'burn, this stuff is a West Coast thousand-acre wildfire. [6][7]
- Laetrile — attempting to cure cancer using cyanogen compounds found in stonefruit pits, particularly apricots.
- Coffee enemas — as ridiculous as ear candling, but exponentially more disgusting.
- New German Medicine — attempting to cure cancer using psychological conflict resolution.
- Trepanation — intentionally drilling a hole in one's head.
- Sungazing — staring at the sun cures all ills, especially chronic eyesight.
- Bloodletting - killed Lord Byron and possibly Washington. Do not be fooled into thinking this is extinct. It isn't.
- Rebirthing - don't even get me started.[8]
- Dynastic gymnastics - swing babies around. Dangerous enough to be illegal in most of the civilised world, except Russia, where it's fairly popular.
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