I hate the medical profession

[Nirvana]

Modern medicine = treat the symptoms

Alternative= cure the ailment

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Modern medicine = treat the symptoms

Alternative= cure the ailment

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.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

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.

You use to be able to buy Baby aspirin everywhere, cheap. Then they decided older folks should take it for circulation, changed the name to Low Dosage, and charge ten times as much.