The problem with "eastern" medicine is that many of the herbs are relatively unstudied and often are more than placebos. When actually studied, some of them turn out like Aristolochia or comfrey. The former was labelled a carcinogen in 2 seconds by the NEJo'Medicine and is responsible for dozens of deaths. Even stuff that was "good' yesterday like Kava now seems to cause irreversible liver damage, st.john's wort probably increases probability of mania when an undiagnosed bipolar takes it, etc.
At least you'll have someone to sue with merck, and they are pulling stuff off market in the prescription world for more trivial side-effects than in the past.
You're better off taking as little as possible, "eastern" anything probably should be avoided unless one's situation is like gen's. Not to mention, Asia's history with plagues and failure to control them makes me lean towards the people who hooked us up with pennicillin and azt.
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