你如何看待草药医学？_风闻

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Richard

What Do You Think About Herbal Medicine?

你如何看待草药医学？

Question #1: Do you believe in herbal medicine?

Options: Yes/No

Question #2: Write a short post about what you think about herbal medicine.

问题1？：你相信草药医学吗？

意见：相信/不信

问题2：简单描述下你对草药医学的看法。

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I do beleive some herbal medicines are effective.

Take for example the Bitter Melon or Bitter Gourd (Momordica Charantia), which is a common herb in Chinese herbology, is considered as one of the best herbal medicines for it’s ability to help with liver problems, Diabetes and HIV.

我相信草药医学是有效果的。

例如中医学常见的一味药苦瓜，被认为是对肝脏问题，糖尿病和艾滋病病毒有奇效的一味良药。

Herbal medicine is particularly popular in Asian countries since, historically speaking, most or some of the areas takes time to be reached so the people resolve to the resources that they have in curing.

据历史记载，草药医学在亚洲国家很受欢迎。该地区很多地方的人用尽精力研究它，所以当地的人们决定将他们拥有的救人资源贡献出来。

Yes, to a degree.

‘Herbal medicine’ is a rather broad spectrum! I certainly believe that some herbal remedies are effective--I’ve been drinking red raspberry leaf tea, a uterine tonic, for the duration of my pregnancy, and have noticed an increase in Braxton-Hicks contractions after every drink. (Whether or not this will help to shorten my labour is, I suppose, anecdotal evidence suggests that it can!). The efficacy of St John’s Wort is also well-documented, to the point where sufferers from depression are advised not to take St John’s Wort simultaneously with conventional, allopathic antidepressants.

是的，在一定程度上草药医学是很有效果的。我当然相信草药医学是有效的——在我怀孕的那段时间里，一直在喝覆盆子叶茶，每次喝完之后，我发现怀孕的前三个月中子宫收缩力增强了。（不管它是不是会加快我的分娩时间，我认为证据表明它是有效果的！）事实证明金丝桃对抑郁症患者也是有效的，但是在服用期间不得与其他抗抑郁药同时使用。

The trouble with herbal medicines arises from a lack of reputable scientific study, a lot of quackery and a lack of Government regulations on the quality and claims of herbal preparations. Herbal medicine has its shady side, and this has been known to taint people’s views of a promising source of health.

草药崛起的问题在于缺乏系统的学习，庸医和政府缺乏对草药制剂产品的质量要求。草药有它不好的一面，这就破坏了人们心中关于草药与健康的几分期许。

Yes, I believe in herbal medicine. I mean, if it didn’t ever work, wouldn’t we all be dead by now? Plus a lot of what we consider to be modern medicine in fact owes it’s roots to nature.

是的，我相信草药。我的意思是，如果中药没有效果，那我们现在是不是都已经死了？另外，被我们认为是现代医学的药，事实上还不是一样从大自然扎根开始。

Yes, I believe in the benefits of herbal medicine. There have been several times when we have compared the benefits of prescribed medicine, to natural herbs, the prescribed medicine has so many added chemicals that you are not getting the full advantage of the medicine. Where as with herbs, you can focus on exactly what ails you, and not the added stuff that you don’t really need. For example, for upper respiratory infections, a small dose of dandelion root tea works wonderful.

是的，我相信草药的好处。当我们好好对比下处方药和草药，就会发现天然草药的好处比处方药多上好几倍。处方药添加了太多的化学物质，是的你无法充分利用它。用草药，你可以获得自己所需要的，而且不会摄入自己不需要的东西。例如，上呼吸道感染，只要一服蒲公英根茶效果就很好了。

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Yes - I believe it CAN work. I think that herbs can be misused, and people think that some work for things that they probably don’t work for, but herbs affect the body so I think that they can effectively be used to treat certain ailments.

是的，我相信它是有用的。草药会被滥用，所以人们认为草药有可能不起作用。但是草药可以影响身体，所以我认为草药可以用来治愈一些疾病。

Herbal medicines can be quite effective when used appropriately. An example is slippery elm for sore throat and laryngitis. As a tea it is amazingly effective and many professional singers swear by it. However, some herbal preparations sold are pretty worthless and others can be dangerous in certain conditions or mixed with prescxtion or OTC medications. It’s best to discuss the use of herbals with a physician.

草药如果可以使用得当的话，效果是很明显地。例如榆树可以治疗咽喉痛。作为茶来喝，它的效果是很明显的，很多著名的歌唱家争先要买它。然而，有些草药的药用价值是很低的，甚至有一些如果和其他药或者非处方药一起用的话会有危险。在用药之前最好先跟医师咨询一下。

I believe in herbal medicaine. i recently had a rash on my neck. Got a cream which did not help, used it for a week and the rash was not better and i think it was speeding. Called a friend and she said to try witch hazel. I did it took two weeks to get it better but it worked. I will herbal first and doctor second in most cases now. I think it would help our insurance system if we would try natural first.

我相信草药的效果。最近我的脖子上长了皮疹。擦了药膏但没有效果，一个礼拜后没有好转反而更严重了。我打电话给一个朋友，她推荐我试试金缕梅。我用了两个礼拜，发现情况好转了。现在生病了我都会先试试中药再去看医生。如果我们都这样先试试天然的草药可以帮助我们的保险系统省下不少钱。

Yes, I definitely believe in herbal medicine. I have 2 friends that are herbalists. They use their garden herbs for lots of problems from urinary tract infections to fighting off colds. There is so much we need to learn about taking care of ourselves naturally instead of popping pills for the slightest ache or pain. It is a mindset, if you have to pop a pill for something that hurts, then you tend to take meds for most everything. I like my holistic doctor. He works both sides of the street, herbs were being used ages before “modern medicine” came to be available. I would try herbal options prior to taking prescribed meds and in addition to prescribed meds, and as a last resort, rely on the prescribed meds. Herbs are natural and work better with your body.

是的，我相信草药的作用。我有两个朋友都是草药医生。他们的花园种满了治疗各种疑难杂症的草药，从治疗尿道感染到抵御寒冷的草药都有。我们是应该好好学下该如何利用天然的东西照顾好自己，而不是连轻微的疼痛都要吃一堆药片。这是一种心态，如果你倾向于用药片来解决疼痛，那么你就会把这个方法贯彻到每件事情上面。我喜欢我的医生。他在街道两边上班，草药在“现代医学”之前早已存在。在用处方药之前我会先用草药试试，不到万不得已，我不会依靠处方药治病。草药是天然的，对身体比较好。

I beleive that some herbal medicines do work.

I had some sucess with St Johns wort in the past. It seemed to help lift my mood during the dark winter months.

我相信草药是有效果的。

过去我成功的利用了金丝桃草，帮我度过了冬天那几个月黑暗的时光，使我的心情爽朗了不少。