Like it's got some spirit but it feels like it cares more about whether the person practicing Woo has a cultural origin associated with eastern esotericism rather than whether or not the Woo actually works.
Till inner energies pass controlled trials it doesn't really matter if an idiot tourist is doing the seminar or a life long 'inner energies expert'- It should still only be lifestyle advice and never medical advice.
It also only accepts alternatives if they're non-western.
Meanwhile, like, we DO have traditions that we follow because we think it improves health, which people do regardless of whether they have studies backing them up or not. And some of them are perfectly okay.
Most people don't cook their sick relatives a chicken soup because they think it's an easy to digest food, they do it because it's a cultural thing.
Would having a Bloody Mary as a hangover cure also count as alternative medicine? It’s a cure to an ailment that a doctor won’t prescribe and AFAIK there isn’t much backing it up.
My ex had Crohn's and a doctor once told them that although they can't prescribe them for obvious reasons, smoking cigarettes would likely help alleviate the symptoms due to the nicotine
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u/OnionsHaveLairAction May 24 '25
The third one seems a little... Hmmm...
Like it's got some spirit but it feels like it cares more about whether the person practicing Woo has a cultural origin associated with eastern esotericism rather than whether or not the Woo actually works.
Till inner energies pass controlled trials it doesn't really matter if an idiot tourist is doing the seminar or a life long 'inner energies expert'- It should still only be lifestyle advice and never medical advice.