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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8805687" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I'm pretty agnostic on this front. My point was more this is what has appeared to work for me, and I would be reluctant to dismiss the concepts behind something like that which works (especially when you consider the lineage of an idea like Qi and how it is often interpreted in a wide variety of ways). But ultimately it working is what has persuaded (I had similar experiences learning medication at a Buddhist temple where I lived, where I found a lot of what I was taught and learned to be genuinely effective). But then I am also generally open minded towards spiritual and supernatural explanations of things. </p><p></p><p>In terms of ancient stats, I have no idea, but one thing I will say about Chinese Medicine and History is I am continuously surprised by how advanced their institutions, technology, records and bureaucracy were hundreds, even thousands of years ago. I don't know whether they kept something like modern statistics, but it wouldn't surprise me if there is more data than people might expect. They had pretty advanced printing technology well before Europe for example (they were using moveable type I think by 1000 BCE) and the government kept all kinds of data. But I know nothing about the history of Chinese medicine so I can't say one way or another (just that I'd go in with very few preconceptions if I were intending to learn more about the issue). I'd be very cautious about applying a broad and general narrative of traditional medicines to a specific case like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8805687, member: 85555"] I'm pretty agnostic on this front. My point was more this is what has appeared to work for me, and I would be reluctant to dismiss the concepts behind something like that which works (especially when you consider the lineage of an idea like Qi and how it is often interpreted in a wide variety of ways). But ultimately it working is what has persuaded (I had similar experiences learning medication at a Buddhist temple where I lived, where I found a lot of what I was taught and learned to be genuinely effective). But then I am also generally open minded towards spiritual and supernatural explanations of things. In terms of ancient stats, I have no idea, but one thing I will say about Chinese Medicine and History is I am continuously surprised by how advanced their institutions, technology, records and bureaucracy were hundreds, even thousands of years ago. I don't know whether they kept something like modern statistics, but it wouldn't surprise me if there is more data than people might expect. They had pretty advanced printing technology well before Europe for example (they were using moveable type I think by 1000 BCE) and the government kept all kinds of data. But I know nothing about the history of Chinese medicine so I can't say one way or another (just that I'd go in with very few preconceptions if I were intending to learn more about the issue). I'd be very cautious about applying a broad and general narrative of traditional medicines to a specific case like this. [/QUOTE]
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