@gsmomba@amitkilhor And you obviously think flaws in pharma somehow validate unproven treatments. Evidence can be biased, manipulated, or incomplete. The solution is better evidence, not abandoning evidence altogether.
@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor You can't have it both ways. If curcumin is among the most researched compounds with hundreds of RCTs, then clearly people have been willing to fund and study it. At some point, the issue stops being funding and becomes the strength and consistency of the results.
@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor I don't rely on his tweets. I rely on the quality of evidence. Hundreds of small studies can still fail to produce a clear clinical benefit. If decades of RCTs keep ending with "more research needed," that should tell you something.
@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor You're comparing a new vaccine developed during a global emergency with a medical system that has existed for centuries. COVID vaccines received massive funding because there was strong scientific rationale and an urgent need. Even then, hundreds of candidates failed.
@dr__clown@amitkilhor Then we agree on more than we disagree. Corruption, bad incentives, and regulatory failures deserve criticism. Where we differ is that I don't see those failures as evidence for the validity of alternative medical systems.
@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor If the evidence is weak after centuries of use and decades of government backing, why should more money be poured into it? Funding should follow promising evidence, not tradition. Resources are limited and should go where results justify them.
@dr__clown@amitkilhor I never claimed modern medicine is perfect. My question remains unanswered: where is the evidence of Ayurveda systematically falsifying its own claims and discarding those that fail testing?
@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor Have you? Then you should know that citing a paper is not enough. The real question is whether the findings are reproducible, clinically meaningful, and supported by high quality trials.
@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor If funding is the issue, then the honest position is "we need more evidence," not "the claims are true." Lack of evidence is not evidence of effectiveness. Extraordinary claims still require proof.
@NdGayathri Turmeric studies are all stuck in the void of 'preclinical and investigational' publications. Not one good clinically translated, validated and replicated study exist in literature on the use of turmeric. It can be safely avoided.
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@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor If the evidence is strong, reproducible, and survives peer review, I accept it regardless of who funded it. The question is not whether AYUSH has done research. The question is whether its claims hold up to rigorous scrutiny.
@dr__clown@amitkilhor You listed failures discovered by science itself. Where is the equivalent record of Ayurveda systematically testing its core claims, publishing negative results, and abandoning what doesn't work?
@theliverdoc Many people confuse tradition with proof. A belief can be centuries old and still be wrong. Medicine earns credibility through evidence, not age, faith, or cultural acceptance.
@theliverdoc Science does not care whether a claim comes from Ayurveda, Homeopathy, or modern medicine. The standard is the same for everyone. Show the evidence or stop making medical claims.
@shubhendu1929@amitkilhor Not at all. AYUSH is not some underground practice lacking resources. It has government backing, institutions, and funding. If extraordinary claims are made, extraordinary evidence should follow.