A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790)

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18 points | by Petiver 7 days ago ago

6 comments

  • treetalker 2 days ago ago

    Any benefit experienced may well have been attributable to the fasting; the vigorous exercise of digging the ditch; protracted boredom and mind wandering; and being away from work and other obligations for several hours at a time.

  • milleramp 2 days ago ago
  • Animats 2 days ago ago

    ... the All-Healing Qualities of ...

    Whenever you hear a line like that, run the other way. Raw milk. Alkaline water. Pot. Guava leaves. Acupuncture. DMSO. Iron tablets. Fasting. Long, long history of this. The FDA had a museum of the ones that were outright harmful, but it doesn't seem to be on display any more.

    • mjklin 4 hours ago ago

      As Ross and Carrie of ONRAC used to say, “cure-alls cure nothing.”

    • IAmBroom a day ago ago

      I assume RFK Jr is currently retrofitting it to be the new FDA guidance page.

    • djmips a day ago ago

      Apparently he may have died from the fasting