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Originally Posted by Rose76
Thanks for your interest. I'm not a believer in "alternative" medicine or "alternative" therapy. I define that as all the stuff that has no science behind it, but let's "alternative" providers make money selling what I consider to be quackery. I know some people (many actually) have good things to say about alternative modalities and believe they've been help by them. I'm glad it worked for them.
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There is this interesting dynamic with the acceptance of alternative therapies. There are many modalities of healing. Some are studied by scientists, some are not. Some cannot be because reasons like no money, no time, and more frequently because science doesn't have the means to understand them yet. Or there is a certain closed mindedness/ prejudice about some healing tecniques. So then, when science have managed to study an alternative therapy and it showed its benefits, it will be taken out from under the "alternative" label and put into the "approved" box. But it is the same healing tool that until yesterday was considered alternative.
In the same time I understand that we want proven methods and certainty. I'd like that too. But sometimes what is proclaimed certain and scientific, won't work for a lot of people. So maybe what is missing is to be better informed about the healing options and for even scientists to be more open. But I think this is more about a paradigm shift. Maybe.
Just my thoughts
