You are a vet. Thus you have undergone a great deal of medical training on the effects of various medicines on animals and how double blind tests for effectiveness are performed.
When confronted with a doctor who is pushing the herbal remedies instead of over the counter ones, ask him or her what the actual studies on their herb of the month club cure has actually been... Yes there have been a large number of traditional remedies that have been proven to be useful. However the vast majority of them have little to no effect other than as a placebo.
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Date: 2005-08-01 03:13 pm (UTC)When confronted with a doctor who is pushing the herbal remedies instead of over the counter ones, ask him or her what the actual studies on their herb of the month club cure has actually been... Yes there have been a large number of traditional remedies that have been proven to be useful. However the vast majority of them have little to no effect other than as a placebo.