Guest guest Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Alon, Where do you draw the line between evidence based medicine and " eminence based medicine " (eg. doing something because an eminent authority says so.) You're unsure that adequate observations have been made to make the statement that excessive intake of sour can damage the tendons. But you certainly bought into TCM at least as clinically relevant metaphor. Have you taken each statement of fact and tested them personally? What guides your TCM treatment principles - evidence, or eminence? There are certainly more statements of fact that we're taught and have to take on faith than those that have some multi-institutional double-blind outcome trials attached to them. -al. -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Hi Al Was great visiting at csoma. Like CM i have to function within multiple contradictions. Clinically i follow CM rules if i see something that seems to be useful but is in contradiction to some rules i tend to try and see (there is no way for me to know what long term affects will results, i can only follow up using CM tools). if we are to discard all contradictory information in CM i think we will be left with a tiny little book. Its like muscle testing, i have no problem if someone uses it but i do when you start making statements to what a patient can eat or what infections they have. These are verifiable objectively. alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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