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Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I buy these things but I wonder if they are truly pharmacologically-active and not just bullshit. Discuss

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[–] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The incentive is a publication on your CV.

Here's one

The problem is that people don't know how to search for scientific articles, and aren't versed in understanding what makes a study a good one.

Nearly all "alternative medicines" have been scientifically studied. The difference between them and regular medicines are that the real medicines have a clear clinical benefit.