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Fair comment about posting an article with zero citations. However Ayurveda is not pseudoscience, rather a complementary health approach. This time more credibl

• JumpCrisscross 9y ago
  Under “What the Science Says About the Effectiveness of Ayurvedic Medicine Research” section of your own source [1], it says “most clinical trials of Ayurvedic approaches have been small, had problems with research designs, or lacked appropriate control groups, potentially affecting research results.” The page doesn’t define “complementary medicine,” and presents loads of warnings about the heavy metal and toxic contents of many Ayurvedic products. Most notably, the “For Health Professionals” section is blank. Ayurveda isn’t quite as bunk as homeopathy or crystal healing, where the fundamental mechanisms are flaws. (Aspirin and penicillin came from natural sources.) But any claims about its efficacy are pseudoscientific. [1] https://nccih.nih.gov/health/ayurveda/introduction.htm#hed4 https://nccih.nih.gov/health/ayurveda/introduction.htm#hed4