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Originally Posted by Praxeas
This is not entirely true. They study herbs and other things that have shown promising relief for certain conditions and then see how they can use it and improve it. They study it as a science. They don't do voodoo incantations. God made this planet and the herbs.
Most of the time they are just studying compounds in a lab, not out dancing sky clad with native witch doctors
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Brother, I didn't say that was the only place they go. I know they are studying cures for lots of illnesses without having gone to the Amazon in search for a cure. They still, however, go into the Amazon to learn what they can from medicine men and witchdoctors. I just saw a program on this a couple of weeks ago on Discovery Channel. It was actually pretty fascinating. I mean, how did these natives figure out that this root mixed with that bark, this leaf, and whatnot would cure X? Who taught them what they know? It's not like they have laboratories to test this stuff out.
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