Harvard led study shows TCM effectiveness for treating Covid-19

[triron]

TCM stands for traditional Chinese medicine.

https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-19-herbs-harvard-led-study-shows-effectiveness-of-various-herbs-used-in-traditional-chinese-herbal-formulations-for-treating-covid-19

[underpants]

1. Whew. I thought you meant black and white movies with people smoking cigarettes in suits

sitting around the house.

[winstars]

2. Me too. I have been watching a lot more TCM since March and it works for me...

[PatSeg]

16. I've been watching TCM quite a bit as well

and I think it might be working! Well, it has kept my stress levels down, kind of an antidote for Trump nuttery.

[LeftInTX]

3. Same here!

[GoneOffShore]

4. That and a nice warm cup of potpourri.

[Kahuna]

6. LOL! Me too. I thought, well then, I should be good.

I love me some TCM.

[frazzled]

7. Given that TCM movies

are good for your mental health (especially in avoiding news of Trump and COVID), they may well be of benefit in warding off infection. And, of course, you’re sitting at home watching TV for endless hours, so that’s doubly protective.

That and melatonin have gotten me through this year, relatively unscathed. Thanks to Fred and Ginger, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrae, and all the others.

[roamer65]

11. Very true.

My escape is Chicago PD reruns on ION.

[2naSalit]

9. Yeah, I was trying how those two things even exist in...

The same train of thought.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. That'd make my mother in law immune..... nt

[Mossfern]

5. Sof of those formulas

contain ephedra - that could be dangerous for some people, they also have licorice root that can increase blood pressure. People taking these formulas need to either monitor themselves or have someone monitor them. Herbs are not necessarily benign. Yes I was trained in medical herbalism, but I don't practice. I remember a little bit though.

[Reader Rabbit]

8. My acupuncturist could have told them that!

She's been Zooming with fellow TCM practitioners since the pandemic started, and they have come up with multiple formulas based on the symptom-type of COVID the patients are displaying.

[triron]

12. Mine too. She was trained in China and is a medical doctor in that country.

She says that's one reason we have such a high death rate in the US.
Western medicine tends to put down TCM out of mostly ignorance and bias.

[Drahthaardogs]

14. Or mostly because 99% of it is nonsense

Tiger bones and rhino horn

[marie999]

10. I thought of the movies also. Great minds think alike.

[trackfan]

15. When I was a kid TCM meant toast, coffee, and milk; I've finally adapted to Turner Classic Movies;

i don't think my brain has room for another use for this.