If I understand you correctly, then to fully dismiss so-called alternative medicine is extreme - throwing the baby out with the bath water. You'd be hard pressed to find any qualified and competent physicians (general practice and specialist), or medical associations that would agree with you. There is scientific peer reviewed research that does support some alternative medicines. And many mainstream current medical strategies originated from alternative medicine. And pharmacology is ripe with medicines that have roots in folk lore medicine. Alternative medicine has played a role in shaping mainstream medicine. Does that mean I have forsaken traditional medicine for alternative medicine? No. I still rely on traditional medicine - including regular visits to my family physician. But I do not ignore some of the benefits of alternative medicine - especially if I ever become seriously ill, and traditional medicine does not do enough or fails. I've seen enough people (five - unsuccessful heart bypass, stroke complications, brain cancer, AIDS, lung cancer) die when traditional medicine was unsuccessful. However, I'm not tossing out mainstream medicine. Health is too important to put on blinders, and completely ignore alternate treatment strategies. And what is alternative one day, could be scientifically proven mainstream the next. And each had has its share of costly failures, and successes.

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