James
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The Economist on Ayurveda - 2007/08/25 06:03
I thought I would share an article from the Economist on Ayurveda:
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9644701
MODERN, Western medicine tends to pooh-pooh its herbal cousin. It is true that synthetic pharmaceuticals are purer, more reliable and often more effective than herbs. But many of them have herbal origins, and the sight of pharmacists botanising (collecting herbs from the countryside for sale as medicine) was common in Europe within living memory.
I would strongly urge people to read this, it gives food for thought on many other herbal medicine schools.
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