Between Voodoo, Placebo & Palm Leaf

A tongue-in-cheek look at non-evidence-based therapeutic procedures – between placebo, everyday practice and palm leaf diagnostics

We live in a time where you can treat back pain with duct tape, release energy blockages with gentle jaw rocking, and read the causes of illness from the trajectory of a chicken bone. Sounds weird? Sometimes it is. And yet, many of these procedures are popular, widespread, colorfully labeled, certified, and well-intentioned.

In therapeutic practice, we encounter methods every day whose scientific effectiveness lies more in the realm of poetry – but which nevertheless have an impact on people .