Context before conclusions.

01 / EVIDENCE

Ask a specific question

“Does it work?” has no single answer. Evidence belongs to a claim, a group of people and an outcome. A practice can have reasonable evidence for one thing, little for another, and none for a third.

So you won’t find a score or a recommendation here. Each page lists the claims people make, what the research says about each one, and how strong that research is. Source grades are worked out from the sources themselves, not typed in by hand.

Read the Safety section before you try anything. If you have a health condition, are pregnant, or take medication, check with a qualified clinician first.

02 / CULTURE & SOURCES

Keep the context intact

Many practices come from living traditions with their own names, teachers and meanings. Where we can, we say who holds the practice and link to their own pages as sources.

History, personal experience and research findings are different things, so each is described separately. A practice that is hundreds of years old is not the same as one that has been tested.

Sources are free to read. We link to the practitioner community, organization or study itself, and we label links to directories as discovery only, not as evidence.

Found something wrong?

Tell us on the corrections page. Cultural, evidence and safety concerns are all welcome.