[jff]

There's a difference between things that are generally harmless in their prescribed doses--water, aspirin, homeopathy BS--and the example given in the article, where the patient took the pills as specified and soon lost her kidneys, got cancer, and had a heart attack.

If the Wu practitioners are giving out lethal doses of their medicine, they should be crushed by the FDA.

[MaysonL]

The FDA doesn't have any jurisdiction in Britain.

[jff]

Forgot that this took place in Britain. I guess Her Majesty's Royal Tasters, or whatever their equivalent of the FDA is, would have to handle it.

[ikitat]

The FDA has the power to prosecute for unproven claims.

Regulating woo could give it more credibility.