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↑ “Hard to swallow”. Nature448 (7150): 105–06. 2007. Bibcode:2007Natur.448S.105.. PMID17625521. doi:10.1038/448106a. Constructive approaches to divining the potential usefulness of traditional therapies are to be welcomed. But it seems problematic to apply a brand new technique, largely untested in the clinic, to test the veracity of traditional Chinese medicine, when the field is so fraught with pseudoscience. In the meantime, claims made on behalf of an uncharted body of knowledge should be treated with the customary scepticism that is the bedrock of both science and medicine.
