Chris,
You already know in outline how alternative medicine works - it is called the placebo effect. Whatever medicine you test, and more or less for whatever disease, there is a serious chance that those on sugar pills will get better of their own accord. Although this has become a commonplace, it is still remarkable, and from the point of view of the patient, the important thing is that they recover, not the theory behind it.
The best alternative therapies presumably activate the placebo effect most efficiently. If I were to fall ill, I would like some of that!
From the point of view of orthodox medical research, the placebo effect is just an irritation - but there are other points of view!
David |