I'm afraid Elaine's reaction brought to mind my favorite quote of all time from @bengoldacre. It's a quote I use or paraphrase whenever I can. So I hope she won't be too pissed at me when I use her comment as a pretext to paraphrase it.
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And, make no mistake, other than a tiny subset of herb-derived medicines (e.g., Artemisinin), when it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, we're talking all flying carpets all the time.
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That is an exceptional analogy.
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Analogies, of course, cannot prove anything; they are explanatory tools. That said, as explanatory tools go, this one is the best I've read in years.
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