A colleague of mine is very big into alternative therapies including massage, raki and the like. I know next to nothing about them, but he often doesn't describe what he does as being a cure, but more a means of pain relief.
A bloke we both know was knocked off his push bike about 10 years ago, ironically by an A&E nurse on her way to work. As things stood at the time, the only compensation he got was for his bike that was destroyed. He actually suffered extensive nerve damage to his spine and pelvis which has caused him pain every day since.
Duncan massages his feet and this provides better pain relief than the Kopake (sp?) and Tramadol.
Logic dictates that just like it's odds on that there are other intelligent life forms in the Universe, there must be alternatives to conventional medicine. The drug companies and medical profession make too much money for them to admit there are alternatives.
However, the lack of regulation is what makes the alternatives too much of a gamble for most.
, very interesting.
