Acupuncturists have become a major public health menace by diverting patients from rational medicine, misdiagnosing them, prescribing irrational and hazardous remedies, and encouraging them to stop taking medicines prescribed by medical doctors. A medical doctor on Maui diagnoses allergies and other disorders using applied kinesiology. She then cures the problems by shining a laser on the spine. They can then cure the problems by holding their hands above the affected areas and radiating healing energy. This fraud is taught in training programs at the University of Hawaii nursing school and in programs at Queen's Hospital.
Naturopaths routinely use electrodermal screening to diagnose illnesses and prescribe remedies.
The method involves using a galvanometer to measure electrical conductivity between various points on the skin. The gadgets are unapproved medical devices, the methods are entirely bogus, and the claims made for them entirely fraudulent.