Have the med sangs run blinded tests? I can think of two that seem worth running. One with capsules containing either blood or not-blood, and one with blood that belongs to either themselves or someone else. If you have some kind of nutritional deficiency, then drinking your own blood shouldn't cure it.
People who drink human blood
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#12Pretty sure this classifies as cannibalism.
For what purpose does it classify as cannibalism?
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#13How peculiar. For the "med sangs", I wonder if the blood of other mammals would provide relief for their symptoms.
No, because they're crazy.
A really unhelpful, stigmatising, attitude that causes problems for very many people.
"Somatoform" illnesses aren't just limited to the extremes of Morgellons or vampirism-to-treat-chronic-fatigue, but includes a large number of people with chronic pain.
Since pain killers result in a large number of death (deliberate and accidental acute overdose, deliberate and accidental chronic overdose) and addiction it's really fucking unhelpful to call people "crazy" when they're seeking treatment for unexplained symptoms.
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#14Pretty sure this classifies as cannibalism.
Is swallowing sperm cannibalism too?
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#15They might as well eat some black pudding
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#17I could see that certain real nutritional deficiencies could be helped by drinking blood. Iron deficiency jumps to mind. It seems that there would be better alternatives to drinking blood which I would think presents a high risk of becoming infected with something far worse.
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#18Why is the title editorialized? There is no serious medical condition here, well unless you count delusion.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its called black pudding[0] in the UK, or blood sausage[1] in some other places. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sausage
Here in Portugal, besides the various types of blood sausages, we also have a recipe which is essentially seasoned blobs of coagulated pig blood: http://media.rtp.pt/cookoff/receitas/sangue-de-vinagrete/
In Thailand, Nam Tok is a rich soup made with raw cow or pig's blood:
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#20As little as I know about the anatomy of the digestive system, this must be the placebo effect.