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  • 2020-09-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Kiarash Aramesh, a scholar at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, examined two contemporary streams: the quackery traditional Iranian medicine (QTIM) and the academic traditional Iranian medicine (ATIM)." Aramesh describes the QTIM as encompassing "a wide range of practitioners with various backgrounds who work outside the academic arena and mostly address the public."These practitioners (en)
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  • Hakim Hussein Kheirandish is a famous preacher of a traditional Islamic medicine in Iran. On Aug. 6, he appeared on Tehran TV5 with advice on how to prevent a coronavirus infection.Kheirandish removed a mask he was wearing during an interview, took a pill vial out of his pocket and said it contained salt – something he always carries. He claimed that salt protects against viruses and bacteria, is recommended by Islamic scholars, and that he takes it several times a day.Kheirandish imitated pouring a handful and swallowing it.Eating salt frequently protects from corona infection better than wearing a mask (en)
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