alternative medicine as TCM is called ...this altetnative medicine has many variants according to cultures whether be malay ,African or even Mongolian...now its taking a position in the bottom of the totem poles...but does it deserves it? I don't think so ..and here is why
it was the only type of healing avilable for thousands of years and why must we conclude that it's fake or quake ,so as to speak
let.us than look at the modern aka western aka aloepathy...yes ,it has proven itself ,maybe even superior...but does that alone makes alternative medicine fake ?
the history of aloepathy aka modern medicine is about couple of hundred years old and it did not arise out of vacuum either...ita base seems still the traditional medicine.aka altetnative medicine ...e.g..inoculation or vaccination the principle of introducing minute things into our body so our body builds a resistance is the very basis of Homepathy, an alternative medicine developed in Germany and the cure for mosquitoes bite the quinine is herbal based just like Ayurveda of India
secondly ,the modern medicine aka aloepathy had two routes, surgery and chemical alterations, namely pills ...but it does not usually address the root of the problems or cause ...e.g., Blood pressure...why does it occur or even fever...does suppressing such symptoms are the real cure since its your very body reaction for larger issues in your health system?
i an in no way saying westetn medicine is barking at the wrong tree but I am saying it may not be entirely right too
the problem with the altetnative medicine of today is lack of funds ...hence it doesn't attract the kind of quality people needed for it to give better output..
simply putting ,just because we don't know doesn't mean it's bad either