There are obvious #problems in #modern #drug #therapy using #synthetic #chemicals. No one seems to notice the #innately #toxic #impurities present in these #brand-#new #chemicals that are mostly made from toxic petroleum. Our #pharmacopoeias allow some impurities (1%-2% or higher) to be present, assuming them to be nontoxic. Among tens or more thousands of synthetic chemicals now ingested daily by us after modern #scientific #testing (in vitro, in vivo, in small animals, then in humans via #clinical #trials) followed by approval and release for human use. This last step is the same #trial-#and-#error process used by our ancestors in developing our medicines. Isn\u2019t it ironic we have spent over a century after our synthetic era began, trying to develop a #modern #scientific #process, but end up with the #same #one #our #ancestors #used?
\nDuring the past decades, we have developed a huge industry that recently came up with a #self-#generating and #self-#perpetuating #income-#producing #process, that #benefits #only #drug #makers and their #interdependent #associates (#promoters, #advertisers, #crooked #politicians, and others), which I call #vicious #cycle (#VC). Thus, the more toxic a chemical the more #side #effects and #new #diseases it causes that #require #more #new #drugs to treat, hence the VC ad infinitum.<\/p>\n
In contrast, our #herbal and #traditional #medicines were developed by the #trial-#and-#error process eons ago. Some of these are #well #documented, e.g., #Chinese #herbs\/ #traditional #medicines and #Ayurvedic #medicines (at least before the latter were polluted by the British Empire\u2019s rule of India for two centuries). These medicines have thousands of years of #human #experience and #wisdom. I can only speak for #Chinese #herbs and #formulas widely used in #China and in #southeast #Asia. I have grown up with them, along with my #training and #experience #in #modern #chemical #drugs and #additives. The following is my opinion and plan for making the most of the two systems, with whatever the best of the two that is readily available. <\/p>\n
The #major #differences #between the #two #healing #systems (#synthetic vs. #natural) are: #modern #drug #therapy tries to bring the #unknown #inherently #toxic #elements of #brand-#new #synthetics up to at most past the present. The rest will be #for #our #posterity #to #experience and #judge.<\/p>\n
My plan is to hold off some #synthetics for now, whenever possible, and start bringing the natural therapeutics to complement those that have #natural #counterparts available. Since there are not yet any feasible ways to bring the right naturals to market because there are no #meaningful #identity and #quality #standards available yet. The simplest way is to test (by #TLC\/ #HPTLC) the #suspicious #products on the market #alongside the #decent\/ #genuine ones #already #present for #generations. If found obviously deficient, those #imitations would be #eliminated.
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There are obvious #problems in #modern #drug #therapy using #synthetic #chemicals. No one seems to notice the #innately #toxic #impurities present in these #brand-#new #chemicals that are mostly made from toxic petroleum. Our #pharmacopoeias allow some impurities (1%-2% or higher) to be present, assuming them to be nontoxic. Among tens or more thousands of synthetic … <\/p>\n