Would you believe that Chinese herbs are better than drugs?

Chinese herbs are better than drugs, Australian researches claim.

A study involving nearly 3,500 women in several countries suggests that Chinese herbs might be more effective in relieving menstrual cramps than drugs, acupuncture or heat compression.

Australia-based researchers said herbs not only relieved pain, but reduced the recurrence of the condition over three months, according to the Cochrane Library journal.

You can read about the report on Reuters.

Only if you read to the end of the story, on the second page, do you find this piece of info:

"But the researchers said more studies were needed because of the relatively small numbers of participants in each of the trials."

So really, the study didn't have enough power to be statistically signficant, which means it showed nothing and was probably funded by Chinese herb manufacturers.

And why is BrandweekNRX writing about this?

To show you that a lot of what you read about health is junk.