Jennifer writes, inter alia:

<<  What amazes me is that allopathic medicine thinks it has the right to
 evaluate a medicine which predates it by centuries, yet holistic
 practitioners cannot judge allopathy. >>

You know, everyone -- at least everyone with sense -- judges, all the time.
Holistic practitioners do certainly judge allopathy, though it would be
surprising if allopathic practitioners were very concerned about those
judgements, especially considering that, when the shoe is on the other foot,
the holistic practitioners don't set much store with what the allopaths have
to say about them -- other than as a PR matter.

As to being a thousand years old, it doesn't seem intrinsically much more of
a recommendation than being brand new.   Clidoridectomy is a thousand year
old practice, you know what I mean?   Some old practices are good, some are
bad, most are good in some circumstances and bad in others -- just like new
practices.

-- Btw Jennifer I think your more important point is about people judging
*any* health practice when they just don't much about it, as with differences
among root, leaf, etc of various herbs.   On that, I couldn't agree with you
more, though IMO it is not really so much a point about allopathy or natural
medicine as it is about people knowing what they are talking about before
they shoot off their mouths.

Elisheva

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