Posted by bleauberry on October 6, 2009, at 20:19:49
In reply to Re: What is the best med for interpersonal sensitivity » bleauberry, posted by jasmineneroli on October 6, 2009, at 9:35:12
> * All very good advice. I keep saying in threads lately, that we're just guinea pigs, experimenting on our own bodies/minds. Just do so carefully.
> JThe entire medical profession is all experimental, with the exception of straight forward mechanical things such as broken bones or specific surgeries. A worldwide experiment with antibiotics has led to antibiotic resistant breeding grounds across the planet. Just one example. Too many others. We are all involved.
I find it somewhat safer, though I'm not well educated on it, to incorporate a greater emphasis on Eastern medicine that has been practiced for thousands of years, either replacing Western medicine or enhancing it. That's because their entire medical knowledge has been experimentally tested for many centuries, even thousands of years. They know what does what, though they don't know how or why, and that is where Western medicine shows benefit in explaining what particular herbal ingredients might be doing scientifically. In any case, Chinese medicine is based on experience and results, while Western medicine is based on analytical science. I find experience often trumps analysis. During the long periods of analysis, long before solid experience can be gained, we are all experiments.
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