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Which natural medicine actually works and which is snake oil? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Signed: a comrade who has had my health permanantly ruined by my parents constantly using natural medicine on me while I was growing up to "cure" my adhd and depression

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[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

to the extent that they work as in have chemical efficacy, they're just unmeasured doses of things you get in real medicine, e.g. aspirin is refined from whatever tree bark and there's no benefit to getting a random dose instead of a measured one.