"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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> 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
>
I'm afraid you are dealing with people who believe in the irrational, Boron.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0
Graham
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