The prestigious journal Nature has published a special supplement on traditional Asian medicine (free access). Financial sponsorship for it came from the Kitasato University Oriental Medicine Research Center and the Saishunkan Pharmaceutical Co, which is described as
a herbal medicine manufacturer which aims to help people make the most of their natural powers of healing and self-recovery.
That's one big red flag. Of course, Nature duly acknowledges the sponsorship, and appearances notwithstanding, gives this reassurance:
As always, Nature takes full responsibility for all editorial content.
Nature also explains how it to came to treat traditional Asian medicine as science-worthy:
When the topic of traditional Asian medicine was first mooted, we were sceptical. To a magazine based in Europe and steeped in the history of science, there is much about traditional Asian medical practice that seems mystical and pseudoscientific. Other than well known success stories "” artemisinin for malaria, and arsenic ...
