quack remedy; medical quackery
Refers to fraudulent or unscientific medical treatments, often used critically.
That doctor only recommends quack remedies.
Please be careful not to be fooled by quackery.
Standard spelling using katakana for インチキ and kanji for 療法.
Hiragana variant of the インチキ part; less common but still seen.
Compound of インチキ (from いんちき, meaning 'cheating' or 'fake', possibly derived from a gambling term) and 療法 (りょうほう, 'therapy').