Reply to post: Re: Alternate and Traditional Medicine

Re: Alternate and Traditional Medicine

See point about placebo above. And I suppose though that she knows enough not to dish out St Johns Wort (which does have pharmacological effects - http://www.drugs.com/npp/st-john-s-wort.html) without an appropriate warning.

Curcumin (herbal): Pharmacology of diferuloyl methane (curcumin), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent*

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2042-7158.1973.tb09131.x/abstract

Glucosamine (herbal): Glucosamine sulfate compared to ibuprofen in osteoarthritis of the knee

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S106345840580007X

Omega-3 Fatty Acids -- Current Status in Cardiovascular Medicine

http://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00003495-199447030-00003

et cetera

Why don't you present some nice empirical evidence that the effects reported at the links above are merely "placebo effect"?

And yes, she is well-informed about the effects of St John's Wort and many more pharmaceuticals besides. Why do you imply she may not?