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Originally Posted by Nirvana
Modern medicine = treat the symptoms
Alternative= cure the ailment
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And if that last one was a genuine description of the broad sway of alternative medicine I'd be a lot less cynical about it.
Aspirin is a natural substance, borne out of old herbalism. Because it has a measurable and repeatable effect. So it is both mainstream and natural. Know what they call alternative medicine that can be tested and proven to work? Medicine.
We'd better stop here, else Monster's thread about bastard doctors (sorry orth :p) will descend rapidly into a standup row over homeopathy.