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2 million doses of traditional Chinese medicine for BeijingPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 12:35 PM
 Beijing Evening News, September 17 2009 Last night's Beijing Evening News top headline was "[Beijing] prepares two million doses of Chinese medicine to fight H1N1". Xinhua also reported on the traditional Chinese drugs the city government says can successfully treat the virus formerly known as swine flu:
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Comments on 2 million doses of traditional Chinese medicine for Beijing
"After five months' scientific research, the effectiveness of TCM on A/H1N1 flu patients had been proved in clinical tests, said the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau."
I assume it was a double-blind study. You know, the type that lacks transparency so that nobody can see what's really going on.
Which medical journals published the research? What active ingredients were identified? What is their course of action in the body?
Think I'll stick to honey and lemon. Oh wait; maybe the TCM is honey and lemon. Damn!
Homoeopathic A&E anyone? link
What you are describing here, Stuart, is actually known in scientific circles as triple blind study: Patients don't know what they are taking, technicians don't know what they are administering, and researchers don't know what they are doing!
Other than that, you are right to the dot.
Quackery!