Chinese herbal medicine: legit or bullshit? I'd usually

Depends on the type of therapy, some treatments such as Acupuncture for Chronic back pain
>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304395999003048

However for most treatments its all up in the air with actual effectiveness still being a wishy washy issue, either literature doubts effectiveness or there is no literature at all.

Word of warning though, some Chinese medicines can be dangerous. Particularly the herbal ones, they can sometimes contain chemical compounds structurally related to other drugs. Because it counts as """"""herbal"""""" though it isn't subject to the rules and regulations of the FDA like most drugs, so dosage and potential side effects are in the air.

>TLDR: Find out what you're taking and do you research around it.

Anonymous 2017-09-10 05:25:41 Post No.42813594
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>>42813477
>tfw you hunt endangered exotic animals for some natural viagra
>tfw .000000001 mm yellow peener

Anonymous 2017-09-10 05:25:42 Post No.42813595
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>>42813477
fuck off op

Anonymous 2017-09-10 05:27:27 Post No.42813613
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>>42813550
Chinese guy here. This guy is right. My great grandmother was an herbal healer. My mother still has some of her old concoctions around her house. The topically applied oils and ointments for bruises, sprains, and soreness worked. Other stuff, approach with extreme skepticism

Anonymous 2017-09-10 05:29:26 Post No.42813632
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>>42813477
I drank moon tea for 2 years and my penis is shriveled and barely usable. Careful.

Anonymous 2017-09-10 05:33:48 Post No.42813686
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>>42813477
Modern Chinese medicine is pretty much the same thing as regular medicine nowadays. The doctors now all learn Western practices, follow the scientific method, conduct studies / trials, and look for underlying mechanics. For example, fasting as a treatment for obesity, and extracted from this one riverside weed for malaria are both extremely legit Chinese medicine practices.

Other stuff like eating the burnt out assholes of some dead tiger to cure your father's penis warts are not legit and shouldn't be used as medicine.

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