Comments on: Top 10 Bizarre Medical Treatments

By: Anythya

Anythya — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:53:54 +0000

Actually the reason you switch to cold water after a hot shower is to close the skin pores, it helps keep the skin healthy and non oily, it also has the same effect on your hair… result being that doing this every time you shower or wash your face leaves your skin soft and acne free and your hair shiny and vibrant.
I got taught this at age 5 and i have never had *****les and my hair is in perfect condition without any added crap to make it so
just thought i would correct you on what that was meant for

By: herpderp

herpderp — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:58:24 +0000

The smoking entry made me realize why it was prescribed to me for stress and a buddy of mine for neurological tics.

By: Larry Peterson

Larry Peterson — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:30:02 +0000

Note: An article i was reading on the web stated that neurologists have found a spot on the brain that can help with depression-they call it the "blue spot"-who knows why? This can be stimulated by cold water dousing. This "finding" goes along with discoveries by the Russians. This also explains why Russian Elite Forces-Spetsnaz has to douse every morning-no matter where they are. I talked to a Russian Op. and asked 'why?' He said,"flash fever helps immune center, also relieves depression. Nothing motivates quicker than cold water. Soldiers who sit and are sad, get up and move." I moved!

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:26:29 +0000

Helminthic therapy sounds extremely promising. Any idea where I can get me some of that?

The idea of exposing someone to the very thing they're trying to avoid is very old and is actually the entire idea behind vaccination. To attend the local schools, a child must receive a long list of vaccinations. You got to wonder of shooting a kid full of disease organisms is really the way to go.

By: Alagu Vignesh M

Alagu Vignesh M — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:12:41 +0000

A few years back an Indian magazine published something about urine therapy.They must have said something disparaging…I didn’t read the actual piece..I read the next week’s edition though, which contained a letter of protest from a retired army officer claiming that he has been drinking urine every morning for the past few decades and attributing his good health to that practice…

Not surprising in India, where a former Prime Minister(Morarji Desai) who lived till 99,openly said that he drank his own urine every morning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morarji_Desai

Btw, did you know that hares eat their own feces..Supposed to be rich in vitamins

By: They Call Me Fluffy

They Call Me Fluffy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:52:19 +0000

A guy I used to work with had to have #2 (which I'm sure was made #2 for a reason) it didn't work tho

By: Chaos

Chaos — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:29:12 +0000

Even more popular and bad for your health than smoking cigarretes is smoking sheesha, a practice common in afghanistan and pakistan

By: Alischa

Alischa — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:32:59 +0000

#5 is actually a treatment called “cupping,” not bloodletting, where the doctor (or whoever is performing the process) take a round glass “cup” and lights a lighter underneath to heat the air inside the cup. It is then placed on the cup-ee’s skin, normally on the back, where suction occurs and begins to draw toxins out through the skin. I hear it’s very effective, yet it leaves terrible bruises that take a few days/weeks to go away. Way more bizarre than blood-letting!

By: katerinaelaena

katerinaelaena — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:51:42 +0000

“Helminthic Therapy” – those are nasty little critters. The idea of leeches sucking the life out of me would really make me squirm.

What a great pic with the smoker in number 1! taht’s Crazy!

By: Rae

Rae — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:55:38 +0000

This is just a pet-peeve of mine, but unless you die from the Electroshock you are not Electrocuted.

Electrocution is the stopping of life via stopping the heart due to electric shock.