the problem with chinese medicine is that the results taste like a toxic dump.
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the problem with chinese medicine is that the results taste like a toxic dump.
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So true :giggle: Ayurvedic preparations aren't much better.
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Not to mention the stench infused into your clothes if you've left your bedroom door open whilst your mother is boiling something up on the stove!the problem with chinese medicine is that the results taste like a toxic dump
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Yeah, that too. The ultimate in grossness, and a test of one's intestinal fortitude.
My cousin came over last night to pick up some tonics I got for her from my naturopath and she mentioned that her DD had been sick again and they'd been to the chinese doctor twice. The first thing he gave them did nothing, the second thing he gave them was silt bugs (???). Her English isn't fantastic but that's what she called them. Bugs of some sort anyway. Apparently it worked fabulously.
I was under the impression TCM used herbs/plants in the same way that herbal medicine does in Western culture, so the thought of boiling up bugs and drinking that....well doesn't bear thought. I'd still be sick if I had to rely on that to help me!
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No, chinese medicine used lots of stuff I disagree with like, tiger gonads, sea horses, bear bile etc...- a whole range of animal disgustingness (to me).... check it out. Some of the species on the endangered list are there courtesy of chinese medicine. But I guess if you had your back to the wall and nothing else had worked, you might try silt bugs. they aren't endangered... ..
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