Jan, Ct,
My mom was hugely credible and gullible when it came to 'alternative medicine' and miraculous treatments...She spent thousands (that she didn't have) on people who took advantage of her and her pain (fibromyalgia + post-polio syndrom)...I would scream, yell and beg her to walk away but she never met a snake oil salesman that she didn't believe in...
I guess that is why I am such a synic...to her dying day she had glasses full of water & stones that sent 'healthful vibes' around the house, pills, pills and more pills filled with only God knows what, mud, chalk, creams, lotions etc that were all supposed to cure her.
She tried to have my soul & spirit cleansed by a voodoo witch-doctoress one year...I found myself naked in the shower being rubbed with raw meat, sprinkled with a white power and dried herbs (I was marinated and ready for roasting!)while she chanted at me and sprinkled me with oil.
She wanted me to take it all (a block of white powder and a brick of herbs...hmmm...Crossing international borders on a plane!) back to France...I had visions of customs agents, beagles and police all jumping me and my trying to explain that it was to chase the evil spirit away...
Mom had a sense of humour but didn't know it.
For now I am saving up for a massage chair and a new matress...But the oscilating plateform may just have its merits.
Sharon