Ayurveda and traditional healing traditions from around the world are dismissed as “pseudo-science.” The justification for this arrogant condescension is: “Herbs haven’t gone though a clinical trial.” This argument is lazy. You can find medical research literature of herbs like gurjo, hibiscus, and timmur, in the Western scientific tradition, archived online. I have read these research articles via the US National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health. People do not bother to read this research, although they are only a click away. The Kathmandu Post ran an article about Kathmandu traffic police planting tinospora cordifolia or gurjo at the Tinkune Park. Gurjo is thought to prevent coronavirus. The traffic police, one of our most vulnerable frontline workers, were grateful to have this healing herb. This article called it an “untested herb.” There are over 300 scientific research articles about the herb and its usages, including for osteo-arthritis to HIV/AIDS, from r
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