Since the synthetic chemical era started about 150 years ago, all the synthetic drugs, additives, and supplements have one thing in common. Being made from toxic petroleum and other fossil fuels, they are all brand new to our planet and have never had long interactions with us. Hence, they are inherently toxic. The toxicities of drugs generally show up in days or weeks, while those of additives and supplements, because of their lower doses, may appear years after our having started using them. Now, due to the accelerating synthetic activities, producing countless of these chemicals, their side effects and new diseases are increasingly obvious among fellow Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, there are no efforts by the mainstream medical profession to try to reduce the use of conventional drugs made from fossil fuels. Hence, I don\u2019t see any movements to reduce legitimate drug use in the USA, despite its inherently toxic properties. Even some bright Chinese scientists who had influence with the ChP have unknowingly changed the properties of a well-known anti-aging herb, cured Fo-Ti, to the cathartic, raw Fo-Ti. [My next post will include this tonic vs. cathartic now in the ChP and the confusion in the English literature].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chinese ginseng has been used in China since ancient times. American ginseng was only introduced into China in the 18th<\/sup> century and within decades, it was described as different from Chinese ginseng. The Chinese didn\u2019t use the science of botany or chemistry to tell the difference. They used the experience of trial-and-error that their ancestors had used and taught them. Unlike modern synthetic drugs with brand-new unknown impurities, whatever present in TCM herbs have already been there since our ancestors tried them eons ago. They have all been tested as safe, which is why we can safely ingest these herbs and formulas. Not so with brand-new synthetic drugs with their impurities, for which our recent forebears were smart enough to design scientific tests (in-vitro, in-vivo, etc.) before clinical trials and finally approval for patient use. Only then, the trial-and-error process that our ancient ancestors used is started all over! There is no other choice for us to gain experience and time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, the 2 therapies are very different! But we can still use both, keeping in mind our health continues to be ruined by synthetics, which can be alleviated by TCM formulas containing tonic herbs or bypassed with natural chemicals. In my next post, I will address the confusions in TCM herbs in the English documentation, specifically addressing the tonic\/cathartic named cured Fo-Ti and raw Fo-Ti. Which is which?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the synthetic chemical era started about 150 years ago, all the synthetic drugs, additives, and supplements have one thing in common. Being made from toxic petroleum and other fossil fuels, they are all brand new to our planet and have never had long interactions with us. Hence, they are inherently toxic. The toxicities of … <\/p>\n