How could you, @NatGeo? This is basically a propaganda piece for the prescientific, pseudoscientific, and mystical quackery that is traditional Chinese medicine. Not a single serious skeptic was interviewed. 1/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/01/ancient-chines-remedies-changing-modern-medicine/ …
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The caption, part 1: "In a fire treatment session in Chengdu, an alcohol-soaked cloth is draped over a patient and set alight to warm the skin and open the pores; an herb-infused oil is then applied." 3/
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The caption, part 2: "The therapy aims to treat joint pain and other ailments, but research has yet to prove such claims." Research has yet to prove these claims? Ya think?


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@oracknows will have something to say about this article tomorrow. The false balance in it is epic, worthy of only the most massive facepalm. 5/5pic.twitter.com/vZsr17h27N
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(Also I can’t get over it sounding like a sex act. Oh, just me?)
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