# Herbology: Native wisdom vs. superstition

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 1, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herbology-native-wisdom-vs-superstition/913969 "2020-07-01T16:10:14Z")\
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I will relate what my (Chinese) father told me after my (extremely Chinese) grandmother subjected me to the most horrendous tasting traditional Chinese medicine for an upset stomach: The goal of Chinese medicine is to be so awful that you don’t dare ever complain about the condition again. Kind of a reverse placebo effect.

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