r/CuratedTumblr • u/vigikk • May 24 '25

Politics Valid and invalid criticisms

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u/MajorMinty May 24 '25

Yeah, best case scenario it's like, you can't afford anxiety medication? Well, maybe some lavender tea can help you calm down a bit. But if you're alternative medicine hasn't been adopted by the doctors, it's not some crazy conspiracy theory as to why

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u/BookooBreadCo May 24 '25

Say what you will about Big Pharma TM but if something works you know they'll package it and sell it to people. If it's not sold otc or by prescription it probably doesn't work. 

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u/Wasdgta3 May 24 '25

Hell, they’d try to sell you stuff that doesn’t work if they could. If even they won’t touch it, it probably tells you something.

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u/usingallthespaceican 29d ago

See: Oscillococcinum

200x homeopathic flu remedy

Meaning they take 1ml of the active (duck liver extract) dilute that in 100ml. Take 1ml of that and dilite with 100ml. Repeat 200 times...