Abbas Tabrizian (Persian: عباس تبریزیان) is an Iranian Shia cleric and quack[1] who rejects academic medicine.
[4] Tabrizian also instructs the presumed diagnoses to his followers,[5] including recommendations for "womb preparation" and "treatment of brain debility", alongside medications such as "nerve strengthener" and "blood detoxifier".
[6] In January 2020, a video of his book burning ceremony went viral on social media, in which he set a copy of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine on fire with lighter.
[9] He became a butt of jokes in Iran in March 2020, after he suggested applying violet oil to the anus as a cure for COVID-19.
[2][6][8] A month later, Iran's health ministry warned against "engaging in the darkness of superstition and ignorance" and police raided warehouses of Tabrizian.