damn i bet they have some cool history books over there that're not translated into english. i want to hear hot chinese takes on the soviet union, stalin, brezhnev etc.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
      1·
      4 years ago

      I low key think that Traditional Chinese Medicine is going to be one of these things that gets "rediscovered". Bring it up with anyone in the West and its "rhino horn" this and "tiger penis" that. But they never acknowledge that the first effective anti-malarial drug was discovered basically by referring to the herb used in a centuries old TCM treatment.

      • SerLava [he/him]
        2·
        4 years ago

        Western traditional medicine also had working stuff along with the poison, for example aspirin. So I'd have to hear more before believing Chinese traditional medicine isn't also 98% trash

          • PowerUser [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Ursodiol is just bile, nothing specific to bears in it. I assume TCM has much broader uses too.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
          10·
          4 years ago

          Thank you for astutely illustrating the attitude of "it came from non-whites and hasn't been verified by whites, so it must be trash until proven otherwise."

          • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            So I’d have to hear more before believing Chinese traditional medicine isn’t also 98% trash

            What does "also" refer to there?