JC> JK> Or why aspirin works.
JC> Actually, it is my understanding that the primary ingredient for aspirin 
ha
JC> been found (and known about for years) in plants.
Yes, but that still doesn't tell us why it works.
JC> JK> Why would anyone want to bend spoons in any fashion?
JC> The same reason anyone would want to pull rabbits out of hats?
Ah, to impress other folks.
JC> JK> Not using it at all.  The idea was to bring in traditional medicine
JC> JK> pracitioners to talk with the folks who are into Western medicine.
JC> Other traditions besides NA?
That was the Indian name for their ways, traditional medicine as vs. the
Western medicine practiced by the establishment.  Not my labels.
JC> JK> As a result, we have doctors around here who prescribe herbal 
emedies
JC> JK> today.  I call that progress.
JC> I'd call them naturopaths.
You'd be surprised where they turn up these days :)!
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