Kumdang-2

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'''Kumdang-2''' is 
such a pile of unbelievable crap that you wonder why they even try anymore
 a "[[panacea|miracle drug]]", manufactured by [[Kim Jong-un|HRH Kim III]] of the [[North Korea|Hermit Kingdom of True Korea]]. In another exposé of Western imperialist dogmatist "science" and "medicine", North Korea has produced Kumdang-2, the envy of [[Big Pharma]].

==Oh leader, what does the drug do?==
The answer to the question everybody's been looking for! Yes, comrades, according to the 
state propaganda
 ever-reliable {{wpl|Korean Central News Agency|KCNA,}} the General's drug is so powerful that it can 
eradicate your memories of being tortured whilst interrogated;
 
destroy [[capitalist]] [[Degenerate|degeneracy]];
 cure [[cancer]];<ref name=indy /> [[Ebola]]; [[AIDS]]; {{wpl|Middle East respiratory syndrome|MERS;}} {{wpl|Severe acute respiratory syndrome|SARS;}}<ref name=AP>[http://gu.com/p/4axxe/stw North Korea claims 'cure' for Mers, Aids and Ebola], ''Associated Press''</ref> diabetes; loss of appetite; [[Drug abuse|drug addiction]]; stomach cramps; inflammation; arthritis; infertility; neurosis; insomnia; epilepsy; tuberculosis; hepatitis; bird flu<ref name=PS>Fecht, Sarah. [http://www.popsci.com/north-korea-has-found-cure-aids-ebola-cancer-and-bird-flu North Korea Has Found The Cure For AIDS, Ebola, Cancer, And Bird Flu] ''Popular Science''</ref> and "[[RationalWiki|harm from the use of computers]]",<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-20/north-korea-says-it-has-cure-for-mers-aids-ebola/6560406 North Korea claims Kumdang-2 vaccine cures MERS, AIDS, Ebola and 'harm from the use of computers']</ref> [[irony|an incredibly common condition in North Korea]] – all with no side effects!<ref name=PS /> According to the ''Independent'':
<blockquote>The 
dictatorship
 [ever-victorious workers' paradise], which is known for 
making far-fetched claims about
 its achievements, says that the medicine will apparently be injectable and will be known by the name of Kumdang-2. [...]

The drug's website cites a medical study in Africa where the drug was tested on HIV positive patients. It records that every single participant in the trial noted an improvement, with 56 per cent being completely cured and 44 per cent noting a considering improvement in their condition.

The North Korean scientists also revealed that the drug is capable of curing 'a number of cancers', 
but did not divulge which ones or provide details of the medical trials which support this claim.
 [much to the American imperialists' hatred].<ref name=indy>Fenton, Siobhan. [http://ind.pn/1GmXsxN Kim Jong-un claims to have cured Aids, Ebola and cancer with single miracle drug] ''The Independent''</ref></blockquote>

===Serious note===
One special ingredient in this mix – [[Asian ginseng]] – has been peddled by a number of 
[[quack]]s
 [[herbal medicine]] experts<ref>Or [[Quackery|whatever]] [[CAM|they]] [[Alternative medicine|call themselves]] [[Integrative medicine|now...]]</ref> as a [[panacea]]. However, even the [[National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health|NCCIH]] lists a number of side effects of the herb, and says:
{{quotebox|Although Asian ginseng has been widely studied for a variety of uses, research results to date do not conclusively support health claims associated with the herb. Only a few large, high-quality clinical trials have been conducted. Most evidence is preliminary—i.e., based on laboratory research or small clinical trials.<ref>[https://nccih.nih.gov/health/asianginseng/ataglance.htm#science Asian Ginseng: What the Science Says], ''National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health''.</ref>}}

==Ingredients==
[[File:Seoul-Namdaemun.Market-ginseng.jpg|thumb|Capitalist [[South Korea]]n ginseng market. Will be very popular following Kim Jong-un's special recipe]]
*[[Ginseng]] grown from fertilizer;<ref name=indy />
*Toxic Rare-earth elements;<ref name=AP />
*Revisionism
*"Micro-quantities of [[gold]] and platinum";<ref name=AP />
*And a large dollop of [[bullshit]]!

==References==
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