60. "You should've FIRST read through this post before responsing to me" In response to In response to 59
because I've already said the west/US is best equipped to treat ACUTE medical problems (emergency medical situations e.g. getting your arm ripped off, losing a limb etc.) but Chinese traditional medicine has PROVEN to be more effective at treating CHRONIC illnesses (internal organs/respiratory problems etc.)
We have U.S physicians (Dr. Andrew Weil is one that comes to mind) who have been advocating for some time now that there needs to be a complete overhaul in how the US treats its sick...that Doctors need to incorporate (more) non-traditional methods in their practices such as medicinal herbs ...because it is becoming clear that our system isn't HEALING anyone...Weil is one of the US most reknown physicians in the entire country and he even has went so far as to call our so-called health care system a death care system that has been reduced to proscribing pharmaceutical drugs to treat every illness...and as a result we have a significant pct. of our population (including and especially the elderly) overly medicated and addicted to prescription drugs
>folk medicine isn't necessarily the best at treating >situations that evidence-based medicine has figured out. > >it was a specific response to > >oh nevermind. lol. there's no point.