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Originally Posted by GoNative
Personally I would be far more worried if people started losing their skepticism. Currently you can find 1000's of supposed alternative remedies out there claiming all sorts of miraculous cures for just about everything.
So much of it smacks of snake oil salesmanship.
There are some clinical trials that do show that some herbal treatments can be very effective in treating certain ailments but the issue of their effectiveness comes down to dosage and it appears dosage can vary so greatly between different practioners that the efficacy can vary greatly. Also they are often sold with claims of being effective for a far wider range of ailments than they actually are.
So there's definitely some proven beneficial herbal remedies out there but again I just believe there needs to be greater controls over quality so people can feel confident they are getting something that will actually work. Here in Japan I'd say those controls are pretty good. Elsewhere where such remedies are considered 'alternative' I'm not so sure.
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What people are you talking about? I can't speak for all of Asia, but the Japanese I know feel fine with the medicines they are using, and are happy to point out that they don't get nausea, diarrhea, light-headedness, drowsiness, loss of sleep, hallucinations, paranoia, depression, constipation, suicidal thoughts, and a host of other side-effects that are often worse than the original ailment from the medicine they take.
I know a guy in America that had essentially acid-reflex. He is now on four medications, each one cancels out the side-effects of the previous one. At least two are mood altering.
How many kids in Japan are taking drugs for ADHD?