It implies that the conventional view of medieval medicine as little more than hocus pocus needs to be rethought. Is that a common opinion on medival medicine?

It implies that the conventional view of medieval medicine as little more than hocus pocus needs to be rethought. Is that a common opinion on medival medicine? I never thought that it was all hocus pocus but only that their explanations were totally wrong most of the time. An example is the medival idea that bad smells transfer diseases. It's not the smell itself but since it is a byproduct of rotting and decay, avoiding the smell made people also avoid the source of some infections. So it's easy to come to this conclusion. That is why I think that having a closer look at old medical recipes is a great starting point - not the solution but a thing worth looking at.