On this page, you will find the characteristics of CFS quackery [CFS quackery directory]. One cannot want CFS to be accepted by the medical community and also support CFS quackery (health fraud, pseudo-medicine). Note that the sceptic view of CFS ('CFS is just an FD') is that the disease is promoted by quack doctors that just want to sell products to 'customers' that suffer from psychosomatic symptoms, and therefore tell them that they have a physcial disease. The truth is that 1) there is no test for CFS, 2) there is no therapy for CFS, and 3) biological alchemy is not the same thing as biomedical research. Patients should realize that any belief system, among quackery, takes a lot of energy.

In the 1646 book 'Pseudodoxia Epidemica', Sir Thomas Browne used the word 'quacksalver' to describe what we would now call a quack doctor. 'Quacksalver' means a person who makes meaningless noise ('quack') about his cure-all ointments ('salve').

'Some makers of various dietary supplements and herbal remedies claim these substances have potential benefits for people with chronic fatigue syndrome, but the effectiveness of these substances for treating the condition hasn't been proved in controlled studies. Though a product may be of "natural" origin, that doesn't ensure its safety. Dietary supplements and herbal preparations can have potentially harmful side effects and may dangerously interfere or interact with prescription medications. Talk to your doctor before using any unprescribed remedy.' © 2006 Mayo Clinic