RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Tag: TCM

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China is forcing people to use traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) quackery to treat COVID-19

Post author By Orac
Post date September 4, 2020
29 Comments on China is forcing people to use traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) quackery to treat COVID-19

TCM vs COVID-19

There is no evidence that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is effective against COVID-19. That’s not stopping China from forcing people to use it to treat coronavirus.

Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine, Lianhua Qingwen, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine

Medicine Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery

Beijing proposes criminalizing “slander” or “libel” against TCM

Post author By Orac
Post date June 3, 2020
61 Comments on Beijing proposes criminalizing “slander” or “libel” against TCM

TCM Shop — Traditional Chinese medicine is science? Not really...

China has long promoted the sale and use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Now the city of Beijing wants to criminalize criticism of TCM.

Tags Beijing, COVID-19, featured, pandemic, pseudoscience, quackery, SARS-CoV-2, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional medicine, WHO, World Health Organization, Wuhan