This document discusses quackery and alternative health treatments. It defines quackery as health fraud involving unproven products and services. Characteristics of health quackery include being progressive, a big business focused on incurable conditions that multiplies fast. Reasons quackery persists include ignorance, desperation, testimonials, and sleight of hand. Types discussed are medical, nutrition, and device quackery. Red flags of unproven treatments include miracle cures, quick fixes, ancient remedies, and secret ingredients. Alternative treatments mentioned include acupuncture, cupping, reflexology, and naturopathic medicine.

1. LESSON 2 (HEALTH)
“QUAKERIES AND
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH”

2. WHAT IS
QUACKERY?

3. Quackery is a form of health
fraud in the advertisement.
Promotion or sale products
and services that have not
been proven safe and
effective.

4. He or she pretentiously
uses meaningless
medical jargon and
relies on scare tactics,
paranoid accusations
and quick fixes.

5. CHARACTERIS
TICSOF
HEALTH
QUACKERY
1. It is progressive
2. It is a big business
3. It is for an incurable
condition
4. It multiplies fast

6. Reasons
why
Quackery
persists
and seems
to work

7. 1. Ignorance- simply
they do not know the
difference between
health and health
services.

10. 4. Sleight of Hand/Use of
magic trick

11. TYPESOF
QUACKERY
1. MEDICAL QUACKERY
2. NUTRITION
QUACKERY
3. DEVICE QUACKERY

12. RED FLAGSOF UNPROVENTREATMENT:
A. Miracle cure
B. Quick fix
C. Ancient remedy
D. Secret ingredient
E. Scientific breakthrough

13. Harmful Physical
and Psychological
Effects

14. 1. ECONOMIC HARM
2. DIRECT HARM
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM
4. SOCIETAL HARM

15. COMPLEMENTARY
ANDALTERNATIVE
HEALTH CARE
MODALITIES

16. DIFFERENT
THERAPIES
THATARE
STILL
EVIDENT
TODAY

17. 1. ACUPUNCTURE- a form of
complementary medicine that
involves pricking the skin or tissues
with needles, used to alleviate pain
and to treat various physical,
mental, and emotional conditions.
Originating in ancient China,
acupuncture is now
widely practiced in the West.

18. 2.Ventosa massage is a type of deep-
tissue massage wherein a licensed
practitioner place special cups –
glass, bamboo, earthenware, or
silicone – on your skin for a few
minutes to expand capillaries and
increase the amount of fluid entering
and leaving tissues. Cupping
methods are performed in so many
ways.

19. 3. REFLEXOLOGY a system of
massage used
to relieve tension and treat
illness, based on the theory
that there are reflex points on
the feet, hands, and head
linked to every part of the
body.

22. 4. Naturopathic medicine is a
system that uses natural remedies
to help the body heal itself. It
embraces many therapies,
including herbs, massage,
acupuncture, exercise, and
nutritional counseling.
Naturopathy was brought to the
United States from Germany in the
1800s, but some of its treatments
are centuries old.