What kind of a root can possibly cost $18,000?

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0roo0roo

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Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: BillGates
It's the main ingredient of superstitious bullsh*t belief stew.

LOL

Asian medicine (most) works. Why else do you think developed countries like the US and Euros are having herbal crazes?

Not to brag, but the Chinese have been using utensils to eat way before the Caucasian nations thought of using bread to scoop up food.

herbal crazes are based on pseudo science like every other fat pill and breast augmentation pill or weiner growing pill. its all unregulated nonsense where popularity means nothing about its effectiveness. just like in china there are lots of stupid people in the us and europe
 

glutenberg

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Sep 2, 2004
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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: BillGates
It's the main ingredient of superstitious bullsh*t belief stew.

LOL

Asian medicine (most) works. Why else do you think developed countries like the US and Euros are having herbal crazes?

Not to brag, but the Chinese have been using utensils to eat way before the Caucasian nations thought of using bread to scoop up food.

herbal crazes are based on pseudo science like every other fat pill and breast augmentation pill or weiner growing pill. its all unregulated nonsense where popularity means nothing about its effectiveness. just like in china there are lots of stupid people in the us and europe

Have any proof that Asian medicine doesn't work? You do realize that many Western medicines are just a synthesis of naturally occuring substances that are similarly used in herbal medicine? Wait, I forget, this is ATOT, where everyone is a damned genius and knows all.
 
Mar 15, 2003
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Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: BillGates
It's the main ingredient of superstitious bullsh*t belief stew.

LOL

Asian medicine (most) works. Why else do you think developed countries like the US and Euros are having herbal crazes?

Not to brag, but the Chinese have been using utensils to eat way before the Caucasian nations thought of using bread to scoop up food.

herbal crazes are based on pseudo science like every other fat pill and breast augmentation pill or weiner growing pill. its all unregulated nonsense where popularity means nothing about its effectiveness. just like in china there are lots of stupid people in the us and europe

Have any proof that Asian medicine doesn't work? You do realize that many Western medicines are just a synthesis of naturally occuring substances that are similarly used in herbal medicine? Wait, I forget, this is ATOT, where everyone is a damned genius and knows all.

Yeah, Herbal medicine isn't a "trend" - it's been popular in asian cultures for thousands of years. The cynics of ATOT are sometimes just idiots, don't mind them. You're right - asprin started as tree bark used by the stupid superstitious chinks... I was being sarcastic, most modern medicine has natural "herbal" roots, I thought everyone knew that.
 

0roo0roo

No Lifer
Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: Geocentricity
Originally posted by: BillGates
It's the main ingredient of superstitious bullsh*t belief stew.

LOL

Asian medicine (most) works. Why else do you think developed countries like the US and Euros are having herbal crazes?

Not to brag, but the Chinese have been using utensils to eat way before the Caucasian nations thought of using bread to scoop up food.

herbal crazes are based on pseudo science like every other fat pill and breast augmentation pill or weiner growing pill. its all unregulated nonsense where popularity means nothing about its effectiveness. just like in china there are lots of stupid people in the us and europe

Have any proof that Asian medicine doesn't work? You do realize that many Western medicines are just a synthesis of naturally occuring substances that are similarly used in herbal medicine? Wait, I forget, this is ATOT, where everyone is a damned genius and knows all.

thats not how it works, if you want to make a medical claim, its up to you to prove it. its rather simple if it is truely effective. and frankly if there were effective compounds in those herbs the pharma industry would be on it like white on rice. you can probably work out a way to synthesize the active chemical in that root if there was one far cheaper than $18,000:p