[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

As Tim Minchin says - Do you know what they call alternative medicine that has been proved to work? Medicine.

Love Tim Minchin...

Originally Posted by Christmas Neeve

It's crazy. I just can't understand how a parent (beliefs or not) wouldn't do every possible thing to save their childs life. Surely these "alternative" treatments can be done along with medical treatment.

I think alongside modern medicine, complementary medicine can be useful. But people are kidding themselves if they think it can suddenly cure stuff it hasn't been able to cure for thousands of years. I understand this woman may be worried about the effects of the treatment on her son, but if the alternative is death, I'd be going for the treatments.

Originally Posted by Livia

Love Tim Minchin...


I think alongside modern medicine, complementary medicine can be useful. But people are kidding themselves if they think it can suddenly cure stuff it hasn't been able to cure for thousands of years. I understand this woman may be worried about the effects of the treatment on her son, but if the alternative is death, I'd be going for the treatments.

Don't be sucked in. It's pure placebo. A sugar pill would work as equally as well as long as the person taking it believed it was medicine.

Alternative medicine is useful in the same way that children think if they cover their eyes, they become invisible.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

Don't be sucked in. It's pure placebo. A sugar pill would work as equally as well as long as the person taking it believed it was medicine.

Alternative medicine is useful in the same way that children think if they cover their eyes, they become invisible.

I'm talking about stuff like aromatherapy... it almost certainly doesn't cure anything but relaxes people and makes them less stressed and therefore more able to be in a position to fight whatever ails them. I don't believe it's an actual cure for anything at all.