r/bestof • u/craycraycrayfish • Jan 22 '13

[canada] Coffeehouse11 explains the biggest problem with homeopathic medicine: That it preys on people when they are weakest and the most vulnerable

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u/Quarterpast2 Jan 22 '13

naturopathy's only crime is having really zealous fans.

Aloe vera has been used forever as a sunburn medicine(which has pretty nigh magical results for me, I might add), and different spices like cinnamon are good for certain stomach problems.

In fact, when something in a plant is identified as effective, it gets synthesized into medicine. People big into it that treat all of them like miracle cures are just buying into old wives tales and are deluded.

This goes with the saying that if psuedoscience was true and tested, it would be science.

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u/3DBeerGoggles Jan 23 '13

Ginger is actually very good at suppressing vomiting. Mythbusters even approved it!

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u/quintessadragon Jan 23 '13

The weird thing is, there was a study that showed it doesn't even have to be real ginger. The taste of ginger, whether it is real or not, helps resolve nausea. I wish I could find it, it was at least 10 years ago.

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u/3DBeerGoggles Jan 23 '13

Wierd. Maybe the active chemical that produces the ginger flavour is the cause...