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how effective is chinese herbal/natural medicine?

How is the chinese population vs american population in regards to diabetes? longevity? dementia? alzheimers? arthritis? Do the chinese suffer less due to these medical treatments? Is it not as prevalent due to their diet?

Public Comments

1. Very!
2. Most herbal remedies are crap and don't really work...if they do work it is due to the psychological power of suggestion called the placebo effect. On average Chinese do not live as long as Americans (many reasons), but they do suffer less diabetes and heart disease due to not being overweight as much.
3. Chinese Herbal Medicine has been used for thousands of years. A country cannot achieve a population of over a billion if your system of medicine doesn't work. Our health care system is based on drugs and surgery, so alternative medicine is rarely prescribed. The drug companies hate it.