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I cannot tell if you are purposefully trolling, or this is sincere. Regardless, let's wade in… 1. That's not's a study. That's not a metareview. That's a puff
by perardi 7y ago
I cannot tell if you are purposefully trolling, or this is sincere.
Regardless, let's wade in…
1. That's not's a study. That's not a metareview. That's a puff piece by people who have a strong, strong self-interest in promoting TCM, because they want to keep their department chairs.
2. Oh heck, I'll just quote the entire last paragraph:
"The safety of TCM in the treatment of emerging coronavirus diseases was not included in the observation on SARS patients. It was reported that some herbs used in TCM contain nephrotoxins and mutagens, while the toxicological features of the most of Chinese herbal medicines remain to be fully understood. Furthermore, herbs used in TCM can mimic, or magnify, or oppose the effect of conventional medicines. Thus, the safety of TCM used in treatment of emerging coronavirus infections should be carefully evaluated. It is particularly important to avoid toxicity or interfere with the efficacy of conventional treatment caused by herb-drug interaction."
So, in conclusion, we don't know if this works, and this stuff may be toxic, and it may have drug interactions, and oh by the way there's no quality control on this so you have no idea what's in the medications.
Might as well recommend acupuncture and getting your chakras aligned, couldn't hurt! (Probably less of a chance it hurting than taking a wild dose of unregulated herbal supplements.)
- mcguire 7y ago"Might as well recommend acupuncture and getting your chakras aligned, couldn't hurt!" Indeed, it might help and it couldn't hurt. "(Probably less of a chance it hurting than taking a wild dose of unregulated herbal supplements.)" Or possibly a known drug with no real evidence of efficacy and a long list of known side effects? Oh, and by the way, "That's a puff piece by people who have a strong, strong self-interest in promoting TCM, because they want to keep their department chairs," is both an hominem and describes all academic publications.