I don't mean to squash dreams... but as far as I've heard, there is absolutely NO CHANCE of this happening. The MINIMUM recovery time extends through the playoffs.
Acupuncture? Acupuncture and some Chinese medicine are very effective for injuries and chronic pains.
Let's hope they're wise enough to test this before giving it to Yao. Last thing he needs is failing a doping test.
that's useful for recovery! i mean that will take both good advantage from west and the east medicne technique
But I can't help but notice how condescending is the tone of the writer? Chinese medicine is "widely believed" by the Chinese for centuries that herbal medicine works? It is like saying that the Western foot surgery method is "Believed" to work and was used for a few decades. Just because we've never studied it and have not encountered or understood it as a foreigner, it is not a myth. Any thoughts?
what makes you think it is not a science by a meaningful definition? So only a science defined by Western scientific method is science? So is social science a science? Psychology? As long as we apply this method on even humanly-concerned subjects, it is still "science" ? Have you even begun to understand anything about Traditional Chinese medicine? Why are Western Universities picking up the subject, even though quite late, to both dedicated research and implementation? The Western eyes have long been too full of themselves to overlook something crucial to health and medical development. It's really sad that only a handful of us, only a few in the professional field, notices the importance of what these things can fill in what we miss in Western medical science DEARLY. apology for a longer than should be rant.
The problem with many chinese herbal medicine is that it is not really being study to the full extend and research by the proper people. It's a practise that pass for generation to generation and going around by word of mouth. I'm not saying it doesn't work. It's just that it's risky since there's probably not alot of hard evidence that it's 100% safe.
the history of chinese medicine is even more longger than science! It has been used for such a long time here and worked rather well for so many people. Not to use science from west to define another popular science from east! Maybe should open eyes to the world out of your own country
Yeah, the problem is we dont know how good or faithful is EACH individual doctors, or their credibility. It is by word of mouth that help patients decide which doctor is trustworthy, but not IF HERBAL MEDICINE works at all!! Science means you need to a proof before giving credit to anything, sometimes to an extent that is absurd and unnecessary. To me, it is just an easy way out for people who cannot judge with their insights and intelligence, but rather going safe with numbers and past proofs. But insightful people exists, including ppl with insights about Traditional Chinese Medicine. Yao is using it, with communications and agreement with the surgeon and doctors who took care of Yao in America. They're professionals.. is it up to the sports writer or us bbs posters to tell Yao, "hey these herbs can work but it is NOT science!!!" ??? Chinese medicine is such a difficult subject just like any medical practice you study in the med school. But there are people who understands both fields well enough that help introduce the Chinese stuffs to the western doctors. I know the acceptance of Chinese medicines in the states is catching on and increasingly so, in another two, three decades it shouldn't warrant people's frowning upon anymore. Nevertheless.. it is still interesting to see mainstream media/peoples' views and reactions to it even today. (whisper) hehe, i think if we keep the discussion short & concise, it won't get relegated to the hangout so soon yet--
People have been doing a lot of stupid things for a very long time (not to say that TCM is stupid). The only way to distinguish between something that truly works and something that is merely beleived to work is through objective, unbiased observation, i.e. science.
Fact is the experts from BOTH sides (China and Houston) have reached their consensus on such arrangement. I just wonder if it was Yao to fly back to BeiJing for the treatment or CBA to send their experts to Houston taking care of Yao.
