Guest guest Posted March 3, 2002 Report Share Posted March 3, 2002 I am curious why some people are comfortable with integrative medicine that involves combining western allopathic drugs with TCM, but not comfortable with allopathic use of herbs? 1. If using chemo with herbs to treat cancer is more effective than using TCM alone, then it follows that the allopathic model has a valid role to play in modern holistic medicine. 2. If the allopathic model has a valid role to play, then it would follow that the allopathic use of herbs and other supplements also has a place in modern holistic medicine. I don't understand why it is acceptable to use toxic drugs allopathically in combination with a TCM bian zheng approach, but it is not acceptable to use nontoxic herbs in any other fashion besides bian zheng. To elaborate, if one is comfortable with giving chemo drugs to destroy a tumor, what is the problem with using herbs that are known to have antitumor effects even if they are not matched to the patient according to bian zheng? I mean, the chemo drugs are not matched this way either. Or if one is OK with diabetics taking hypoglycemic drugs, then what about chromium and niacin? It would seem to me if the allopathic approach is acceptable in integrative therapy, this should extend to the allopathic use of supplements, as well. I suppose that this is another area that needs to be studied, whether combining naturopathy with TCM is more effective than either alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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