JC> JK> Yes, but that still doesn't tell us why it works.
JC> "Aspirin is thought to act by interfering with the synthesis of
JC> prostaglandins which are implicated in inflammation and fever"."
JC> Encarta '97
Thanks. Now I have a clue.
JC> JK> That was the Indian name for their ways, traditional medicine as vs.
JC> JK> the Western medicine practiced by the establishment.  Not my labels.
JC> I'm not worried about the label. Your statement says "traditional 
medicine"
JC> and I was only trying to define that. So no other "traditions" (such as
JC> African, East Indian, etc.)?
Not in that bunch.  I was speaking of the two Blackfeet Shaman, one from
Canada, the other from the northern part of the US.  Two elderly men
with long braids sitting on a podium in the ampitheatre of the
University of Washington Medical School, lecturing to all who sat before
them.
Kinda revived my faith in humanity, that did. There might be some hope
yet for mankind.
 * SLMR 2.1a * My reality check just bounced.
                
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