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OT - Bit of a curly one - bringing herbs into Oz 10-Mar-2011 At 12:27:06 PM linze

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On 10/03/2011 ambyeok wrote:
>On 10/03/2011 linze wrote:
>>luckily the book also has a chapter about how herbal meds
>>dont work.....
>
>That must be why the Chinese are such an unhealthy people and why theres
>hardly any of them left cause they all died over the last 4000 years taking
>herbal treatments that didnt work.

yes yes yes,ok,ok i should have been more careful about using 'meds' (refer to the 'meds' vs 'alternative meds' above)....i agree, for e.g., that chinese herbal "medicines" are better than western ones for the treatment of cold symptoms

how about...."luckily the book also has a chapter about a bunch of very popular herbal REMEDIES that are frequeently presecribed by people presenting as health professionals despite fact that it seems as though they have shown no effect other than placebo, and which may actually have negative impacts upon health".....

which reminds me...i am late for my daily dose of bear bile and powered tiger penis, i am going to be weaker than usual at the gym