The latest that I hear from the US is that the medical authorities want to ban homeopathic medicines. The basic principle of homeopathy is that it works by stimulating the body to respond to allergens and pathogens. There is actually nothing measurable in homeopathic compounds, because they have been diluted substantially, so our bodies are stimulated by almost the memory of what was in the compound, much like traditional vaccinations, which inject tiny amounts of the dead pathogen into the body to make the immune system respond. Homeopathy was invented in Germany and has been used for more than 200 years, but it competes with the giant Big Pharma bros, so it has to go.
They make shit and want to force us to take it. The great thing about homeopathy is that there is no toxicity since the amounts of toxins in it are immeasurable. As I understand it, the Swiss homeopathic company, Similisan, which makes the top quality eye drops in the world have been recalled in the US because of contamination. It's utter nonsense. The FDA and the CDC are adjuncts of Big Pharma which wants to make us sick, keep us sick, and prevent us from having the freedom to take care of ourselves. All in the name of profit. In the US, law prevents the FDA from banning products, but they can have them recalled for phony reasons. They found one contaminated bottle in an FDA lab.
This is much like the blood found at the scene of the OJ Simpson murders. The chief detective was carrying around the vial of blood drawn from OJ Simpson at the crime scene and oops the amount submitted was 40% less than the amount drawn. And why was the detective carrying around the vial of blood at the crime scene when it was drawn at the LA Police building and should have gone up five floors but instead was carried around in a shirt pocket for half the day? And why did the blood contain EDTA, the preservative that the police use to prevent the degradation of the blood? Why did all of the blood samples found at the scene of the crime have EDTA in them? Duh!!!
For those of you who read about the OJ Simpson trial in the newspaper, I can tell you that I watched much of the trail in the evening because it was on Court TV and it made great entertainment. When I read about the trial in the newspapers, it was like a report on something entirely different, not the trial that I watched. You all know how spin works. We watch a debate on TV and then immediately the talking heads come on the screen and tell you what you saw. You didn't see this or that, no, you saw something entirely different. And the talking heads will tell you what you saw.
And speaking of the LAPD. Why is it that there were thirteen bullets found at the scene of Bobby Kennedy's assassination when Sirhan Sirhan's gun only had 7 bullets in it? But he was convicted as a lone assassin? And the LAPD destroyed the evidence right after the trial because the wall panels with expired bullets in them were no longer relevant? Hmmm! I wonder why?
Just in case anybody thinks that misinformation from the government is a new thing.
The authorities treat us like fools. How long we will remain fools is the question.
I totally agree. In the case of Chinese herbal medicine, many formulas have been around for 2000 years or longer, but Big Pharma wants them to be tested the same way that drugs are tested. If something has been around for 2000 years, I think that's proof both of its effectiveness and its safety. Most drugs on the market today have been around no longer than 50 years. Aspirin has been used for a bit more than 100 years. But anything that competes with Pharma products and profits must be banned, safe or not.
The double-blind, clinical trial approach is good in theory. However it is clear to all the many ways in which the system can be gamed. Ultimately you have to be able to trust somebody else's expertise. I trust 2000 years' experience by anonymous Chinese a whole lot more than any drug company.
There is obvious bias in the online sites I use to research drugs. Don't even ask them about vaccines. Nonetheless, not a bad place to look for lists of side effects, dosages, etc.
The double blind clinical trial cannot work because each person is individual, and the drug companies are looking for a one size fits all compound to cure all. People are not automobiles with replacement parts. In creating these trials, they try to find people with the same condition, but in Chinese medicine the same syndrome might have five or six different causes. They are not the same.
I often cite headaches as the best example of this misunderstanding of human health by western medicine. If you were to go to a doctor, that doctor would likely tell you to take aspirin or Tylenol, or some other NSAID if you had a headache, but when I treat a patient who has a headache I want to do a full differential diagnosis to determine the actual cause. I recognize at least ten different types of headaches and each must be treated differently. Some Chinese doctors can find 20 different types of headaches, while Western medicine wouldn't even comprehend that level of care by a TCM doctor.
I once cured a patient by recommending breakfast. It cured the headaches, but there is no Big Pharma money in that, is there? Chinese medicines in pill form cost as little as $3 in China, and the doctor gets almost nothing except the satisfaction of helping a patient. Big Pharma wants Big Bucks, not cheap effective herbal pills.
Modern medicine and pharmaceutical science are based on estimation by super extrapolation using random controlled trial statistics.This RCT is a method that requires extreme caution in estimating anything other than a sample to assess policy effects, but I suspect that the officials at the Pharmaceutical Licensing Agency do not understand statistics.
For individuals, the degree of deviation is inevitably large.
Therefore, it is essential for doctors to get feedback from their own experience, and for individuals to get feedback from their own experiences and those of others.
Even if I hit my shin somewhere, it akes, so I hope Graham's leg recovers soon.
There is progress. I banged it a week ago and my whole foot swelled up. I could not even tell for sure where the problem was. Now only one toe - next to the little one - remains swollen. That's where the problem is. It still hurts to walk, but less.
These things take time. Remember the bursitis that bothered me for a couple of months last summer? Gone. The gastritis? Likewise. Just give things time.
The latest that I hear from the US is that the medical authorities want to ban homeopathic medicines. The basic principle of homeopathy is that it works by stimulating the body to respond to allergens and pathogens. There is actually nothing measurable in homeopathic compounds, because they have been diluted substantially, so our bodies are stimulated by almost the memory of what was in the compound, much like traditional vaccinations, which inject tiny amounts of the dead pathogen into the body to make the immune system respond. Homeopathy was invented in Germany and has been used for more than 200 years, but it competes with the giant Big Pharma bros, so it has to go.
They make shit and want to force us to take it. The great thing about homeopathy is that there is no toxicity since the amounts of toxins in it are immeasurable. As I understand it, the Swiss homeopathic company, Similisan, which makes the top quality eye drops in the world have been recalled in the US because of contamination. It's utter nonsense. The FDA and the CDC are adjuncts of Big Pharma which wants to make us sick, keep us sick, and prevent us from having the freedom to take care of ourselves. All in the name of profit. In the US, law prevents the FDA from banning products, but they can have them recalled for phony reasons. They found one contaminated bottle in an FDA lab.
This is much like the blood found at the scene of the OJ Simpson murders. The chief detective was carrying around the vial of blood drawn from OJ Simpson at the crime scene and oops the amount submitted was 40% less than the amount drawn. And why was the detective carrying around the vial of blood at the crime scene when it was drawn at the LA Police building and should have gone up five floors but instead was carried around in a shirt pocket for half the day? And why did the blood contain EDTA, the preservative that the police use to prevent the degradation of the blood? Why did all of the blood samples found at the scene of the crime have EDTA in them? Duh!!!
For those of you who read about the OJ Simpson trial in the newspaper, I can tell you that I watched much of the trail in the evening because it was on Court TV and it made great entertainment. When I read about the trial in the newspapers, it was like a report on something entirely different, not the trial that I watched. You all know how spin works. We watch a debate on TV and then immediately the talking heads come on the screen and tell you what you saw. You didn't see this or that, no, you saw something entirely different. And the talking heads will tell you what you saw.
And speaking of the LAPD. Why is it that there were thirteen bullets found at the scene of Bobby Kennedy's assassination when Sirhan Sirhan's gun only had 7 bullets in it? But he was convicted as a lone assassin? And the LAPD destroyed the evidence right after the trial because the wall panels with expired bullets in them were no longer relevant? Hmmm! I wonder why?
Just in case anybody thinks that misinformation from the government is a new thing.
The authorities treat us like fools. How long we will remain fools is the question.
If there is no harm, it should be left alone, but pharmaceutical companies are controlling health officials and politicians alike.
I think the more I know about them, the more dirty they are in any countries.
I totally agree. In the case of Chinese herbal medicine, many formulas have been around for 2000 years or longer, but Big Pharma wants them to be tested the same way that drugs are tested. If something has been around for 2000 years, I think that's proof both of its effectiveness and its safety. Most drugs on the market today have been around no longer than 50 years. Aspirin has been used for a bit more than 100 years. But anything that competes with Pharma products and profits must be banned, safe or not.
The double-blind, clinical trial approach is good in theory. However it is clear to all the many ways in which the system can be gamed. Ultimately you have to be able to trust somebody else's expertise. I trust 2000 years' experience by anonymous Chinese a whole lot more than any drug company.
There is obvious bias in the online sites I use to research drugs. Don't even ask them about vaccines. Nonetheless, not a bad place to look for lists of side effects, dosages, etc.
The double blind clinical trial cannot work because each person is individual, and the drug companies are looking for a one size fits all compound to cure all. People are not automobiles with replacement parts. In creating these trials, they try to find people with the same condition, but in Chinese medicine the same syndrome might have five or six different causes. They are not the same.
I often cite headaches as the best example of this misunderstanding of human health by western medicine. If you were to go to a doctor, that doctor would likely tell you to take aspirin or Tylenol, or some other NSAID if you had a headache, but when I treat a patient who has a headache I want to do a full differential diagnosis to determine the actual cause. I recognize at least ten different types of headaches and each must be treated differently. Some Chinese doctors can find 20 different types of headaches, while Western medicine wouldn't even comprehend that level of care by a TCM doctor.
I once cured a patient by recommending breakfast. It cured the headaches, but there is no Big Pharma money in that, is there? Chinese medicines in pill form cost as little as $3 in China, and the doctor gets almost nothing except the satisfaction of helping a patient. Big Pharma wants Big Bucks, not cheap effective herbal pills.
Modern medicine and pharmaceutical science are based on estimation by super extrapolation using random controlled trial statistics.This RCT is a method that requires extreme caution in estimating anything other than a sample to assess policy effects, but I suspect that the officials at the Pharmaceutical Licensing Agency do not understand statistics.
For individuals, the degree of deviation is inevitably large.
Therefore, it is essential for doctors to get feedback from their own experience, and for individuals to get feedback from their own experiences and those of others.
Even if I hit my shin somewhere, it akes, so I hope Graham's leg recovers soon.
There is progress. I banged it a week ago and my whole foot swelled up. I could not even tell for sure where the problem was. Now only one toe - next to the little one - remains swollen. That's where the problem is. It still hurts to walk, but less.
These things take time. Remember the bursitis that bothered me for a couple of months last summer? Gone. The gastritis? Likewise. Just give things time.