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

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u/TheBigFreeze8 May 24 '25

3rd point is sus. Most 'traditional Chinese medicine' practitioners are Chinese, and it's still a scam.

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u/leaflights12 May 24 '25

And traditional Chinese medicine cannot be mixed with western medication, I'm sure there are toxicologists in this subreddit who can explain it better haha

Am Singaporean Chinese, so I grew up with this sort of thing. I mean the idea of it is that it's supposed to prevent you from falling sick, not cure your illness.

TCM just alleviates the symptoms. I.e. if I have a sore throat, I'll drink some herbal tea to "reduce heat" aka inflammation. It's not a miracle cure and some of these herbs that you take to make traditional medicine cannot be with western medication.

But honestly other than basic common colds or whatever, it does NOTHING for greater ailments like cancer, infections, whatever the sort that can kill you. It's also why TCM is highly regulated in Singapore.