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

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The post shares a historical text on the supposed healing qualities of 'earth bathing', with commenters largely expressing skepticism about its effectiveness and drawing parallels to other dubious health practices.

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Animats
7d ago
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... 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
5d ago
As Ross and Carrie of ONRAC used to say, “cure-alls cure nothing.”
djmips
7d ago
Apparently he may have died from the fasting
IAmBroom
6d ago
I assume RFK Jr is currently retrofitting it to be the new FDA guidance page.
milleramp
7d ago
Like on Creepshow https://youtu.be/wiE5PWqmfuM?si=wkbsMJKw1IxNDUjE
treetalker
7d 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.
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