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Yes, alternative medicine is effective
This position holds that alternative medicine is effective. It argues that it genuinely helps people feel better — through the placebo effect or the therapeutic relationship — that it can complement conventional treatment, and that it reaches those who distrust mainstream medicine.
Supporting arguments · 5
- Alternative medicine can complement traditional medicineA huge number of people claim to have felt the effects of alternative medicine.
- It is the therapeutic relationship that makes the differenceAlternative medicine works because people form a close relationship with the practitioner.
- Alternative medicine works because of the placebo effectThe thing that makes alternative medicine 'work' is a simple placebo effect.
- Alternative medicine makes people feel betterMany people swear by alternative medicine for having helped to ease symptoms or even cure diseases.
- Alternative medicine helps those who distrust the mainstreamAlternative medicine appeals to people with a distrust of authority or belief in conspiracy theories.