Listen in as the Quacks warn you not to drink bleach!MMS is a 22.4% solution of sodium chlorite in distilled water, when mixed with any one of several food grade acids it produces chlorine dioxide which is alleged to be highly effective in eliminating...
Thanks to Oliver for recommending this topic! Curtis Howe Springer was dubbed the “King of Quacks” by the American Medical Association. Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your...
Listen as the quacks wrap up vaccines! We discuss disgraced Dr Andrew Wakefield, Autism, Herd immunity and more! Special shout out to David from the Overdose podcast for his contribution!
Vaccines started humbly with a small country doctor in Oxford, England named Edward Jenner when he noticed milkmaids with cowpox didn’t catch smallpox. They exploded from there to the amazing preventive treatment they are today.Join the Quackheads in...
Detoxification or detoxication is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body, which is mainly carried out by the liver.Ready for your own Personal Revolution? Listen to all episodes of the...
Leeches have been used for thousands of years in medicine for a variety of reasons. Listen in this week as the Quacks tell you how they have been used in ancient times and even still today!This episode sponsored by Personal Revolution.Ready for your own...
It’s part two, and it’s all about the conspiracy theory. Listen in as the Quacks discuss Bart Hughes, Joey Mellon and Amanda Fielding and how they put holes in their heads to achieve enlightenment and a state of being permanently high. (And somehow...
Trepanation, or drilling a hole in your head, is a practice that has been observed for over 12 thousand years. Skulls from across the globe have been found with holes in them. This week the Quacks examine the history and possible reasons why ancient...
Listen to Mike's podcast CorConsultRXmcorvino@corconsultrx.comEssential oils are compounds extracted from plants. The oils capture the plant's scent and flavor, or "essence." Unique aromatic compounds give each essential oil its characteristic essence....
Step back in time, back to a simpler time, a time when we put cocaine in kids toothache medicine! Listen in as the Quacks tell you all about how we put cocaine in tons of stuff from wine to lozenges. Joined by special guest star Nicole from the hit True...
Listen as the Quacks tell you about all the crazy ways we tried to treat the plague! And how Yersinia Pestis could still be used against us even today!
Listen to a short review from Jon and Will the Pill on "The Pharmacist" docuseries on Netflix. If you haven't seen it, go watch it today! This episode contains spoilers from the show. Keep calm and Quack on you QuackHeads!
CBD stands for cannabidiol. It is the second most prevalent of the active ingredients of cannabis (marijuana). While CBD is an essential component of medical marijuana, it is derived directly from the hemp plant, which is a cousin of the marijuana...
Chloroform is an organic compound that was inhaled as anesthesia for surgeries as well as a cough suppressant. That is, until it was found to be toxic and probably carcinogenic. It was famously used by criminals to incapacitate victims within seconds....
Join the Quackheads and our special guest star Dr Mike Corvino as we update you on the novel Coronavirus from China. Make sure to check out Mike’s podcast CorConsult Rx!...
Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight. Reddish-brown and extremely bitter, laudanum contains almost all of the opium alkaloids, including morphine and codeine.
Amphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, narcolepsy, and obesity. Amphetamine was discovered in 1887 and exists as two enantiomers: levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine.
Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, the virus causes respiratory infections which are typically mild but, in rare cases, can be lethal. In cows and pigs they may cause diarrhea, while in chickens it can cause an upper respiratory disease.
The tapeworm diet works by swallowing a pill that has a tapeworm egg inside. When the egg eventually hatches, the tapeworm will grow inside your body and eat whatever you're eating. The idea is that you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight because the tapeworm is eating all your “extra” calories.
Male enhancement, impotence, horny goat weed
Penis enlargement, or male enhancement, is any technique aimed to increase the size of a human penis. Some methods aim to increase total length, others the shaft's girth, and yet others the glans size. Techniques include surgery, supplements, ointments, patches, and physical methods like pumping, jelqing, and traction.
Snake oil is a euphemism for deceptive marketing. It refers to the petroleum-based mineral oil or "snake oil" that used to be sold as a cure-all elixir for many kinds of physiological problems.
A tobacco smoke enema, an insufflation of tobacco smoke into the rectum, i.e. as an enema, was employed by the indigenous peoples of North America to stimulate respiration, injecting the smoke with a rectal tube.
This mass treatment—a cure for the now-defunct medical condition of “hysteria”—was made possible by a new technology: the vibrator. Vibrators allowed physicians to massage women's clitorises quickly and efficiently, without exhausting their hands and wrists.
