About WholeDude.com-The Unknown Soldier of America

Hi Bhavanajagat,

Well I guess the first thing I would like to help clear up for you is your concerns regarding illegal poachers or unsafe herbal formulas.

Here in the US, and also in Australia where Dr Noonan was originally trained, there are a number of laws regarding the testing, production and composition of any herbal formulas that are prescribed.
This does include testing for heavy metals and toxic chemicals; all herbal formulas that Oriental Rose LLC use come from Crane Herb who comply with the highest standards set forth by the FDA and HIPAA. More information on that can be found here: https://www.craneherb.com/web/practitioner/about_crane/about_crane_home.aspx
Additionally whilst some formulas have historically included things like tiger bones, bile secretions or portions of the gallbladder this is not the Traditional Chinese Medicine that is practiced today (in most countries, there are still some practitioners who have not learnt through an academic sense but through family traditions who still use some of the older and less ethical ingredients as well as some re-sellers who package their product as “Chinese herbs” but are not in fact prescribing something specific for a patient but offering them for self-medication; highlighting why it is important to see only a practitioner who has been formally trained and recognised but academic intuitions as either a registered acupuncturist or Doctor of Chinese Medicine), and again would very quickly run afoul of FDA and import regulations (and their equivalents in Australia).
Even if the legal system did not require a certain standard, Oriental Rose LLC and Dr Noonan hold themselves to a standard of ethical healthcare that does not support the use of any formula that requires any sort of poaching and indeed all formulas Dr Noonan issues to her patients are vegan in composition except were the capsules from the supplier are gelatin based.

To your second point, there are a great number of peer reviewed studies that have found acupuncture and other modalities of treatment to have a verifiable effect (as always many of these are behind paywalls but google scholar search can provide you the synopsis for them). There are some few of these studies that have postulated on why there is a measurable effect (beyond the effect that could be ascribed to a placebo effect) however in many cases this is much like comparing oranges and apples; or to use a slightly different metaphor; trying to explain Buddhism only through the use of Judeo-Christian language and only through reference to a Judeo-Christian mindset.
Whilst traditional Chinese medicine doesn’t approach things from the same standpoint as western medicine the various modalities of Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture and herbal medicine, have been subjected to testing and verification both within its own paradigm, as the system has developed and later for verification, and through peer reviewed studies that have focused purely on measurable effect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811902911456) (http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/10086765/reload=0;jsessionid=VXtjoTQXbE5mwk9fSRbr.38) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1295813/) are just three examples of peer reviewed articles that I pulled up with a quick scholar.google.com search.

With regards to a focus needing to be on more than simple relief but treating an underlying condition; like any medical professional a Doctor of Chinese Medicine can’t make any guarantees or promises regarding a specific condition or success of treatment. When speaking with the media and in our advertising material it has been important that we refrain from any comments that could be taken to suggest that we are offering any sort of cure for a specific condition. That said Chinese medicine is not about covering up the symptoms indefinitely but in reducing their impacts by addressing the underlying cause, as perceived within the frame work and mindset of traditional Chinese Medicine but not to the exclusion of other healthcare treatments.

I hope that this has clarified things for you and perhaps eased some of your concerns; and I hope that you will consider coming in for a treatment some time.
Rob

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