Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid
| Alternative medicine | |
| Claims | Analysis and adjustment of "frequencies" related to health. |
|---|---|
| Related fields | Energy medicine |
| Year proposed | 1985 |
| Original proponents | Bill Nelson |
| See also | Hulda Regehr Clark, List of questionable cancer treatments |
Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid (EPFX), also known as Quantum Xrroid Consciousness Interface (QXCI), is a discredited "energy medicine" device which claims to read the body’s reactivity to various frequencies and then send back other frequencies to make changes in the body.[1][2] It is manufactured and marketed by self-styled "Professor Bill Nelson" also known as Desiré Dubounet.[2] Nelson is currently operating in Hungary, a fugitive from the US following indictment on fraud charges connected to EPFX.[1]
Descriptions of the device in mainstream media note its high price tag ($20,000 US) and the improbable nature of the claims made for it.[3] It has reportedly been used to "treat" a variety of serious diseases including cancer. In one documented case, undiagnosed and untreated leukaemia resulted in the death of a patient.[4]
The website Quackwatch posted an analysis of the device by Stephen Barrett which concludes: "The Quantum Xrroid device is claimed to balance 'bio-energetic' forces that the scientific community does not recognize as real. It mainly reflects skin resistance (how easily low-voltage electric currents from the device pass through the skin), which is not related to the body's health."[5]
Imports to the US are now banned.[6]
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. An investigative report on fraudulent or dangerous alternative medical devices, focusing on the EPFX.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Miracle makers or money takers?, CBC News Marketplace, Feb 27, 2009
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ FDA Takes Action Against Fake Medical Device, NewsInferno.com, 10 August 2009
