[ SECRET POST #5065 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5065 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But this kind of traditional medicine done correctly does have regulated dosage? A lot of the lack of research is simply that--lack of research by modern/Western science. It creates a self-fulfilling prophecy: "there's nothing good here, so we won't study it, so we don't find anything good", never mind that the history involved is magnitudes longer than in Western medical practices.

Also see: ephedrine and artemisinin, both now common and regulated but developed from traditional Chinese medicine. It has happened and is happening.

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NAYRT

History is not, in and of itself, a replacement for good substantial empirical evidence. In fact, history is replete with examples of human beings doing things for a long time despite the fact that they don't really work in any meaningful sense.

It's good to be skeptical of the modern medical industry. But tradition and history really aren't replacements for substantive evidence. And - as you point out - in those cases where substantive evidence can be found for the benefits of things from traditional medicine, it's quite easy to incorporate those things, and it's in fact actively being studied.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - it's the "actively being studied" part that I was trying to highlight, sorry. Other anon seemed dismissive of the idea of any value when clearly there is some--it just needs more research, as with anything else in the scientific field.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - sure, I think that's fair!

but my bet is that most traditional medicine (regardless of culture of origin) is probably not going to hold up to investigation

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Yeah, probably. That's human nature for you, though. We sure do like trying stuff out, and sometimes we really like the placebo effect.

[(Anonymous)]

There is actually a lot of research into traditional Chinese medicine, but as usual with traditional medicines of any culture, this takes time and work. Artemisinin was a fantastic find and I'm sure they'll be many more. But it's very complicated because usage is built into social norms as well as medical research, and it takes someone fluent in the culture *and* trained to do the research to do that work.