On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:13:46 -0800, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:16:25 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>wrote:
>
>>But what really gets me is
>>the food quackery. She'll say this is food is good
>>for the joints, or that food is good for the muscles,
>>or this other stuff is good for your brain.
>
>No, it may sound like quackery to you, but it seems to me that your
>knowledge of Asian medicine/foods and chi, as is it called is deficit.
>
>I have heard this a lot from friends who practice Traditional Chinese
>Medicine and accupuncture. In that practice, certain foods have
>certain qualities, and ARE good for certain things. And a lot of
>Asians (and not only Asians) believe that the life force or chi is in
>everything.

And some believe in voo-doo and some in Yaweh and some in the Tooth
Fairy. Belief is just what it says...
>
>I suggest you start reading up on Asian culture and chi and things
>like traditional medicine there. A lot of folks scoff at it, but a
>lot of folks get a lot of benefit from things like accupuncture, which
>is based on chi and maniupulating it. And some folks find that the
>traditional medicine of Asian cultures can help when nothing else can.
>
>Christine


I lot of people get a lot of benefit from placebo, too, and that
effect is unexplained. Following that logic, we should all try placebo
first. Cheaper and fewer side effects, I bet.

Just to backtrack on myself, though, my previous posts were trampling
on homeopathic medicine, which is a very specific thing. I did not get
into Asian or eastern meds, but I'd be willing to debate the aspects
or broad and unfounded conclusions such as if people say it works it
must be real, which you imply above.

Boron