http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/herbal-medicine.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/herbal-medicine.html/comment-page-1#comment-173 sciencebase Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:56:02 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/herbal-medicine.html#comment-173 Of course they could, they'd only have to formulate it into a palatable form. Please point me to the placebo trials that demonstrate efficacy and the controls that ensure no herbal medicines are being prepared with toxic components such as mercury salts... Of course they could, they’d only have to formulate it into a palatable form. Please point me to the placebo trials that demonstrate efficacy and the controls that ensure no herbal medicines are being prepared with toxic components such as mercury salts…

]]> http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/herbal-medicine.html/comment-page-1#comment-172 Jess Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:17:27 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/herbal-medicine.html#comment-172 Don't you see that they can't move into a profitable sector of the market whether or not they do or do not work (of which some actually do, according to double-blind-placebo-controlled studies). Because they are natural and not patentable, there is no profit for pharma companies to bother with them...doesn't mean they don't work...open your mind and do a bit more research before you sound anymore naive and ignorant. Don’t you see that they can’t move into a profitable sector of the market whether or not they do or do not work (of which some actually do, according to double-blind-placebo-controlled studies). Because they are natural and not patentable, there is no profit for pharma companies to bother with them…doesn’t mean they don’t work…open your mind and do a bit more research before you sound anymore naive and ignorant.

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