Reply #49: I never saw the thread that apparently brought this issue up. [View All]

[LWolf]

But I think there is a big difference between discussing the home remedies or non-western methods we've tried and diagnosing or prescribing treatment to someone.

Home remedies and non-Western approaches to health are a fact of life; we use them, and we talk about them all the time in real life. I don't think discussion of alternative healing methods has anything to do with diagnosis or prescription for others; it's just that. A discussion. Hopefully, discussion is still ok on a discussion board.

If we can't talk about the benefits we enjoy from a cup of chammomile tea, then I hope no one at DU ever talks about self-medicating with alcohol or other substances for the sake of relaxation or recreation.

I'm sorry, but unfortunately not surprised, that this has become an issue. Skinner, if you are reading...have you found DUers trying to diagnose medical conditions and prescribe medicine for others, or is this more an issue raised by the new group structure?