Yao Ming's broken foot will be healed by....

[BudAshes]

Ancient Chinese Medicine????. Maybe thats code word for replacing him with the reinforced upgraded model?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

 

[So]

I didn't know surgery and titanium screws counted as "ancient Chinese medicine"

Methinks if it actually worked, they'd skip the surgery and just feed him the Chinese equivalent of airborne.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

Step1: F*ck like rabbits
Step2: Live in a place with abundant natural resources
Step2.5: Repeat for 4000 years.
Step3: Profit!

Not saying that there's anything wrong with the Chinese, but there's as much to traditional Chinese medicine (actually, to ALL traditional medicine) as there is to voodoo and peter pan.

 

[sdifox]

Chinese medicine does work, it's not as fast acting as western medicine though. Some say it is safer on that account, I guess ingesting lower dosage of poison is a good thing.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

Step1: F*ck like rabbits
Step2: Live in a place with abundant natural resources
Step2.5: Repeat for 4000 years.
Step3: Profit!

Not saying that there's anything wrong with the Chinese, but there's as much to traditional Chinese medicine (actually, to ALL traditional medicine) as there is to voodoo and peter pan.

I have great success with some traditional chinese medicinal oil concoction on bug bites. if thats any indication of voodoo and peter pan... well I'd like to book a vacation to never never land.

 

[legoman666]

There is a bash quote for every situation: http://bash.org/?492775

Egger: Heres the history of our medicine.
"I have a sore throat."
2000 BC : "eat this root"
1200 AD : "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1500 AD : "That prayer is superstition, drink this elixir."
1800 AD : "That elixir is snake oil, Take this pill."
1900 AD : "That pill is ineffective, Take this antibiotic."
2000 AD : "That antibiotic is artificial, Here why dont you eat this root."

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

Step1: F*ck like rabbits
Step2: Live in a place with abundant natural resources
Step2.5: Repeat for 4000 years.
Step3: Profit!

Not saying that there's anything wrong with the Chinese, but there's as much to traditional Chinese medicine (actually, to ALL traditional medicine) as there is to voodoo and peter pan.

I think your ignorance has led you to believe the term "traditional medicine" means dancing around a fire and praying to the the Flu Panda for forgiveness. In reality, most medicines, even from pharmaceuticals are based in nature. If a Chinese doctor gave you some "traditional medicine" that consisted of molds, you'd call it disgusting. But if Pfizer packaged into a gelcap and called it Penicillin, you'd call it legit.

 

[cyclohexane]

Originally posted by: legoman666
There is a bash quote for every situation: http://bash.org/?492775

Egger: Heres the history of our medicine.
"I have a sore throat."
2000 BC : "eat this root"
1200 AD : "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1500 AD : "That prayer is superstition, drink this elixir."
1800 AD : "That elixir is snake oil, Take this pill."
1900 AD : "That pill is ineffective, Take this antibiotic."
2000 AD : "That antibiotic is artificial, Here why dont you eat this root."

QFT

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

Step1: F*ck like rabbits
Step2: Live in a place with abundant natural resources
Step2.5: Repeat for 4000 years.
Step3: Profit!

Not saying that there's anything wrong with the Chinese, but there's as much to traditional Chinese medicine (actually, to ALL traditional medicine) as there is to voodoo and peter pan.

Except a lot of drugs are derived from plants found in China that have been used as local remedies for thousands of years. Western medicine is too arrogant in the quest to discover how to cure diseases (or at least make them bearable to live with, since there's more money in that). Pharmaceuticals will discount herbal remedies for years, discover that there's something in the herbs that does have the desired effect, extract it, put it in a pill, jack up the price by 1,000 percent, and continue to ridicule herbal medicine. It's silly.

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

no we don't, we just like making people eat dried tiger penises for lols.

 

[Xylitol]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

Africans have been around for longer! :light:

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

no we don't, we just like making people eat dried tiger penises for lols.

That is pretty funny.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Except a lot of drugs are derived from plants found in China that have been used as local remedies for thousands of years. Western medicine is too arrogant in the quest to discover how to cure diseases (or at least make them bearable to live with, since there's more money in that). Pharmaceuticals will discount herbal remedies for years, discover that there's something in the herbs that does have the desired effect, extract it, put it in a pill, jack up the price by 1,000 percent, and continue to ridicule herbal medicine. It's silly.

Who is this Western Medicine guy?

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: foghorn67

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Except a lot of drugs are derived from plants found in China that have been used as local remedies for thousands of years. Western medicine is too arrogant in the quest to discover how to cure diseases (or at least make them bearable to live with, since there's more money in that). Pharmaceuticals will discount herbal remedies for years, discover that there's something in the herbs that does have the desired effect, extract it, put it in a pill, jack up the price by 1,000 percent, and continue to ridicule herbal medicine. It's silly.

Who is this Western Medicine guy?

I think he works at Longs Drug's dispensing pills like a drugged out Santa Clause.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Originally posted by: cyclohexane

Originally posted by: legoman666
There is a bash quote for every situation: http://bash.org/?492775

Egger: Heres the history of our medicine.
"I have a sore throat."
2000 BC : "eat this root"
1200 AD : "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1500 AD : "That prayer is superstition, drink this elixir."
1800 AD : "That elixir is snake oil, Take this pill."
1900 AD : "That pill is ineffective, Take this antibiotic."
2000 AD : "That antibiotic is artificial, Here why dont you eat this root."

QFT

LOL! I remember reading that on there.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: legoman666
There is a bash quote for every situation: http://bash.org/?492775

Egger: Heres the history of our medicine.
"I have a sore throat."
2000 BC : "eat this root"
1200 AD : "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1500 AD : "That prayer is superstition, drink this elixir."
1800 AD : "That elixir is snake oil, Take this pill."
1900 AD : "That pill is ineffective, Take this antibiotic."
2000 AD : "That antibiotic is artificial, Here why dont you eat this root."

yup root works cept for when u die😉
dead can't complain🙂

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Makes sense. They've been around for thousands of years, there are billions of them on the planet... Sounds like the Chinese know something about life.

Step1: F*ck like rabbits
Step2: Live in a place with abundant natural resources
Step2.5: Repeat for 4000 years.
Step3: Profit!

Not saying that there's anything wrong with the Chinese, but there's as much to traditional Chinese medicine (actually, to ALL traditional medicine) as there is to voodoo and peter pan.

I think your ignorance has led you to believe the term "traditional medicine" means dancing around a fire and praying to the the Flu Panda for forgiveness. In reality, most medicines, even from pharmaceuticals are based in nature. If a Chinese doctor gave you some "traditional medicine" that consisted of molds, you'd call it disgusting. But if Pfizer packaged into a gelcap and called it Penicillin, you'd call it legit.

Eloquently said.
I can bet you many of the chinese medicine can be scientifically proven to work in double blind studies.

Most drugs do come from natural plants. Morphine and codeine comes from opium that has been used for centuries. Marijuana is still the most effective drug for many kinds of illnesses. Aspirin is comes from willow tree bark.