I mean isn't it obviously homoeopathy and a significant part of the rest of alternative medicine (not all of it I guess). It is a billion euro business in Germany alone.
There's a word for alternative medicine that works. It's "medicine".
I forget the attribution.
Tim Minchin said it in "Storm" but I don't think he coined the term.
Alternative medicine is afaik medicine that is not part of traditional academic medical education. This is at least who it would be defined in German. Not sure if it is the same in English. We actually have specific words for that: "Schulmedizin" means academicly accepted medicine.
So yes, it would also be medicine. But different than e.g. ibuprofen or radiotherapy.
But tbh, I cannot think of an example. So maybe there is none? Don't know, I am personally not that interested in alternative medicine.
I mean isn't it obviously homoeopathy and a significant part of the rest of alternative medicine (not all of it I guess). It is a billion euro business in Germany alone.
There's a word for alternative medicine that works. It's "medicine".
I forget the attribution.
Tim Minchin said it in "Storm" but I don't think he coined the term.
Alternative medicine is afaik medicine that is not part of traditional academic medical education. This is at least who it would be defined in German. Not sure if it is the same in English. We actually have specific words for that: "Schulmedizin" means academicly accepted medicine.
So yes, it would also be medicine. But different than e.g. ibuprofen or radiotherapy.
But tbh, I cannot think of an example. So maybe there is none? Don't know, I am personally not that interested in alternative medicine.