"The foundational principles of traditional medicine (Chinese, Ayurvedic, whatever) are generally bullshit. But that doesn't mean that everything that emerges f

"The foundational principles of traditional medicine (Chinese, Ayurvedic, whatever) are generally bullshit. But that doesn't mean that everything that emerges from them should be ignored" Those items are medicine, not alt-med or holistic medicine or TCM or naturopathy. The problem is that this wheat will nearly never be separated from the chaff. It's possible for that to happen, as Osteopathy came from similar origins as Chiropractic, but not very common these days. There is little business and ethical interest in rejoining "alt-med" into science-based medicine.