Chairman Mao: The real inventor of “traditional Chinese medicine”

[Wilms]

5. The first thing apparent is that you have an axe to grind.

That's not a criticism. Perhaps you had a disappointing experience and your conclusions about it drive your actions. I'm not a hell of a lot different. But given that, I have every reason to challenge YOUR beliefs.

Dog crawls into vet office and gets needled, then proceeds to do figure-eights on the lawn outside. So a placebo effect is possible? Well then, good enough. The dog is feeling better. Had the steroids previously prescribed done much to alleviate the symptoms I never would have been in a position to question yours.

Fact is, the steroids couldn't even muster a placebo effect worth mentioning.

And just so ya know, I rely on and have received help from western medicine in cases where herbs and acupuncture couldn't fully resolve the condition. In that way, I am quite the free person. I don't need bias. I need results. I go and get them, wherever they are.