Electro Schlock Therapy

“I was at the Alchemist’s Kitchen, a wellness outpost in Manhattan’s boutique-strangled NoHo neighborhood. The boutique sells expensive loose teas, Himalayan salt bowls, sensual tinctures, aphrodisiac elixirs, purifying sage bundles, reiki sessions, and a hangover treatment where vitamins are absorbed intravenously. It’s a ritzy hippie oasis that isn’t affiliated with Gwyneth Paltrow, but really feels like it should be. Goop-adjacent. I went there on a snowy afternoon to learn about one of its newer treatments, the Theraphi.” The Ringer’s Kate Knibs tests out the latest in a long line of dubious electricity-themed cure-alls.