One of those ongoing little spats. The use of Alternative or Complementary medicine. Being hugely sceptical of the whole nonsense myself, I regard them both as not-medicine. Medecine is what we can prove in double blind controlled trials, if something meets those standards then it is not anything-medicine, it is simply medicine.
Although sometimes things do indeed cross the line from one to the other:
A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat type 2
diabetes may make the body more sensitive to insulin, according to new
research.
Berberine, a plant extract, is found in
the roots and bark of a number of plants and is used for conditions
including diarrhoea, heart conditions and to promote the healing of
wounds.
Studies on the use of berberine for
diabetes in Chinese medicine began more than 30 years ago. But until
now it was not known how it worked.
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