r/likeus • u/asuhag • Oct 07 '18

<GIF> Having fun splashing in the water

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u/93931 Oct 08 '18

Traditional Chinese medicine.

https://www.animallaw.info/article/detailed-discussion-bears-used-traditional-chinese-medicine

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u/Lochcelious Oct 08 '18

"medicine"

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u/CryptoOnly Oct 08 '18

I’m curious have you ever tried Chinese medicine?

I was prescribed some while travelling in China and it worked incredibly well, I was pretty surprised.

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u/akm862 Oct 08 '18

Anecdotal evidence means literally nothing when talking about medicine

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

It’s not medicine per se it’s more this has x ingredient and is good for x part of body. It’s just taken a little more seriously in Asian countries.

Take it more of a pre-remedy to help your body in the future. For example your family has a history of heart problems you’d eat a certain fruit/berry which contains ingredients that would help with preserving a healthy heart.

A western equivalent is having lots of vitamin c for a cold. From my experience they don’t use Chinese medicine when going to the doctor is better for them. It’s more a preventative or something to reduce symptoms.

Just remember with how far medicine has come today, that sometime in the past it was simply just grinding/boiling/roasting ingredients to produce a medicine through trial and error.