On 8/21/2014 2:29 PM, Michael Jackson [email protected]
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
I would say that until something is tested it shouldn't be described
as medicine (this happens here anyway) if ayurvedic treatments survive
double blind tests then yes, they should be included in public health
programmes. But as it is it's not a system of knowledge but a set of
folk beliefs, some of which are known to be seriously dangerous.
Testing is expensive though so I fall back on my trusty old maxim: try
ayurveda until there is something wrong with you, then go see a proper
doctor.
Come now Sal! Do you have to be so closed minded? Don't you know one
of the traditional ayurvedic cures for hemorrhoids is fumigating the
piles with smoke from burning snakeskin and human hair? A doctor could
have a hell of a practice with that!
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You failed to answer the question: Are you working for Big Pharma? Why
can't you answer a simple question honestly? You sound confused. In a
previous post you said:
"I am adamantly opposed to GMOs..." - Michael Jackson
http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com/msg270229.html
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*From:* salyavin808 <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2014 3:14 PM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Alternative Therapy
---In [email protected], <noozguru@...> wrote :
On 08/21/2014 10:09 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
Doesn't your Royal Family use homeopathy?
Oh well, it must be true then. I suppose wearing a crown
makes you immune from errors of reasoning.
Well, I was kidding you, of course.
Even Turq once disagreed with Curtis anti-homeopathic stance
because he had actually found a homeopathic substance useful.
There's something to the science even if it twiddles the mind
of a high school trained scientist.
That's the point, there is nothing to the science. That's why
we do science, to work out what's real from what isn't,
there's nothing like blind testing to give the lie to dodgy
claims. Like we did with astrology and all sorts of other
nonsense. Check the periodic table posted by MJ earlier for
details.
:-D
Problem is the naysayers are "often reviewing a movie without
having seen it." These ideas sound wacky to them until the "white
coats" adopt it for their mainstream medicine (as has happened
with some of ayurveda).
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You actually can get homeopathy on the National Health in the UK
but there is a campaign to stop it as using tax payers money to
fund something you can demonstrate is ineffective when there are
so many people with health problems that simply drinking water
given to you by someone friendly won't cure, the money should go
to effective and tested treatments.
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I would say that until something is tested it shouldn't be
described as medicine (this happens here anyway) if ayurvedic
treatments survive double blind tests then yes, they should be
included in public health programmes. But as it is it's not a
system of knowledge but a set of folk beliefs, some of which are
known to be seriously dangerous. Testing is expensive though so I
fall back on my trusty old maxim: try ayurveda until there is
something wrong with you, then go see a proper doctor.
=
On Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:59 AM, "Share Long
sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Michael, are you being paid by Big Pharma?!
On Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:47 AM, "Michael Jackson
mjackson74@... [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
What everyone on FFL needs on their wall
http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-alternative-therapy-flowchart.html
The Reason Stick: A Handy Alternative Therapy Flowchart
<http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-alternative-therapy-flowchart.html>
Believe it or not, I don't really have a particular interest
in alternative therapies, I just can't help picking at the
scabs of alt-med credulity.
View on crispian-jago.blogspot...
<http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-alternative-therapy-flowchart.html>
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