[MR] Herbal Ignorance

[Becky McEllistrem]

That's why when I speak about herbal remedies I speak from first hand experience.  Most people in SCA do.  However we're not experts.

And I tell people under a doctor's care to tell their doctor what they're doing.

Rebecca
--- On Thu, 10/22/09, siegfriedmcclure at aol.com <siegfriedmcclure at aol.com> wrote:

> From: siegfriedmcclure at aol.com <siegfriedmcclure at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Herbal Ignorance
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 11:08 AM
> 
> I humbly suggest that "Alternative Medicine" vs. "Western
> Medicine" be treated in the same vein as politics and
> religion.  I see a lot of people making statements and
> claims which most of us are not in the position to confirm
> or refute properly.
> 
> As an aside, beware of what you find on the internet. 
> The "fairly reliable site" of www.consumerhealth.org
> mentioned also has these documents:
> 
> http://www.consumerhealth.org/articles/display.cfm?ID=19990303200327
> - On the use of coffee enemas to cure cancer.
> http://www.consumerhealth.org/articles/display.cfm?ID=19990303202939
> - On how vaccines are evil and the government coverup about
> them.
> http://www.consumerhealth.org/articles/display.cfm?ID=20001118214326
> - On how vaccines cause autism.
> 
> Please, this is not the forum for such a discussion.
> 
> I beg you,
> 
> Siegfried McClure
> 
> 
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