I was channel surfing this evening and I came across a discussion of
herbal supplements on PBS. There was Parksie on the TV going on about
the dangers of unregulated herbs. He is silent about the 250,000
people who died from adverse reactions to synthetic pharmaceutical
drugs of course.
I wrote my last post on the subject before I read last week's edition
of What New. True to form, Parksie continued to shoot his mouth off
about things that he either doesn't understand, or which conflict
with Parskie's Pet Paradigm. Acupuncture has survived the test of
time, and IMHO, needs for further proof, but Parksie once again
attacked a study about it as inconclusive. This stands to reason, as
Parksie can't see any evidence of LENR's either.
Having seen both acupuncture, and homeopathy, a related form of
energy medicine work, I don't care what any study shows. I was having
lunch after church services last Sabbath with a lady who was relieved
of morning sickness by acupuncture. She related how her exhusband, an
MD, had accompanied her to the therapist. He was concerned with the
sterility of the procedure. Given her inability to keep any food
down before the procedure, and the subsequent relief of symptoms, it
made a believer out of him.
I am reminded of a chemistry professor who once quipped about
plotting the data and then drawing the curve.
