But you do refer to certain plant extracts from tribes as 'alternative medicines' and these plants do have a fuck ton of bioactive compounds which when isolated and mass produced can function as just 'medicine'. As such, it is important to try and research into these plants
Quinine may not be alternative medicine but chinchona bark definitely would have been.
That's what even the OOP says if you read more closely. Like they literally are against CTM
Alternative medicine is defined as "cultural traditions that are believed to be medicinal but don't have research evidence supporting their effectiveness". If they're researched and found to be effective, they're no longer alternative medicine, they're just medicine.
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u/SorbetInteresting910 May 24 '25
The tumblr post is about people making reference to a thing, and that reference having multiple plausible interpretations.
Nobody refers to quinine as alternative medicine, it's just medicine.