"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:22:29 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
>>> Yesterday, she was saying that because the salad
>>> she was making was made with raw vegetables which
>>> are still alive and have their life force, you
>>> shouldn't mix the salad dressing into the salad
>>> with your hands. You should use chopsticks.
>>> If the vegetables had been cooked, you could go
>>> ahead and use your hands. She wasn't clear on
>>> whether the life force from your hands would
>>> ruin the salad, or whether there was some ill
>>> effect you'd receive from the salad through your
>>> hands.
>>>
>>> You learn something about other cultures by
>>> watching their TV. Koreans are a bit kooky.
>>
>>I wouldn't use the term quackery.
>>
>>There are elements in vegetables and herbs that ARE good for different
>>elements of the body. All medicine is basically plant based.
>
> No, although there is certainly a lot of it that is.
>>
>>Ever heard of homeopathy? The same applies for homeopathic medicine,
>>use only the glass dropper, never touch the medicine
>>with the hands, it changes the chemistry and energy of the medicine.
>
> Homeopathy is a crock of shit....something else one should keep one's
> hands out of.
>>
>>In other cultures herbs and plants are more trusted as medicine than
>>chemicals.
>>
>>It all depends on what you have been indoctrinated with, or taught, or
>>believe.
>>
>>I, for one, am open to all cultural practices of healing. Some are
>>amazingly effective. Some are more placebos.
>>
>>The mind-body connection is probably the most important part of
>>healing in the end.
>
> Nonsense, but if you have some peer-reviewed journal publications
> purporting to prove this, I'd be willing to look at them.
>>
>>Don't make fun of what you have not educated yourself about.
>>Sometimes, if you pay attention or do some research, you
>>can learn a lot.
>
> No, it is perfectly all right to make fun of saying that salad is
> alive and should only be touched with chopsticks but that cooked
> vegetables can be touched with the hands. It is not cultural, either,
> but pure, unadulterated BS about basic science.
>
> Boron
>
I couldn't have put it more eloquently, especially your term for
homeopathy{:-)
Graham



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