Western herbal medicine need not be mystical nonsense, but it usually it is, Plants often contain chemicals that have pharmacological actions, with all the possibilities for good and for harm that implies (see Plants as medicines). It would be quite possible to teach about the plant constituents and their actions in an entirely scientific way, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Napier university'
Hot and cold herbal nonsense from Napier University Edinburgh: another course shuts.
June 22nd, 2010 · 7 Comments
Tags: Academia · CAM · Edinburgh Napier University · Freedom of Information Act · Michael Driscoll · Michael Pittilo · Middlesex university · Napier university · Robert Gordon's university · University of Central Lancashire · University of Westminster · Westminster university · herbal medicine · herbalism · vice-chancellors
More fails for the Freedom of Information, and a bit of history
February 12th, 2010 · 12 Comments
Jump to follow-up Every single request for information about course materials in quack medicine that I have ever sent has been turned down by universities, It is hardly as important as as refusal of FoI requests to see climate change documents, but it does indicate that some vice-chancellors are not very interested in openness. This [...]
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