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Superstitious cures don't work better just because it's a Chinese elder doing it instead of a white mom who found herself on a trip to India. I guarantee if there's reason to believe a traditional medicinal practice works there's already researchers on it.
Actually, WEIRDLY and to be clear this is REALLY COOL, a Chinese elder doing stuff that doesn't materially work or have any benefit works measurably better than some white woman, because the placebo effect is more effective when someone you see as authoritative administers it. So it works if you're racist and are like 'wow that magic chinaman and his qi powers really did the trick.' But if you're not a racist moron it doesn't work as well.
The magic chinaman and his qi powers sounds like a character in an old play from the early 20th century about how we need to throw the yellow devil out.
Yes, that's why I said it. I wanted something that sounded ludicrously racist in an amusingly old-timey way rather than a way that would get people mad at me. Letting you see behind the curtain here