Hi SweetPea.
Most people seem to have no clue as to what 'Alternative medicine' is.
It's a misprint. The middle word ("to") has been accidentally dropped.
Medical systems like Ayurveda for example, were developed nearly 3000 years ago with herbal cures for most diseases. Even surgeries were done. As the above article states, things will slowly move full circle such that more and more herbal cures will be identified based on ancient medical systems (using modern technology).
Its after all, about evolution of hybrid systems through such interactions of different systems. The usual slotting something as 'right' and something else as 'wrong' is clearly ridiculous.
As has already been observed above, alternative medicine that is known to work is called "medicine".
About ID....yes. Wild animals for example seem to be able to identify and imbibe medicines during different illnesses, that are not a part of their normal diet. They seem to have an innate ability to self medicate. So, there is obviously some kind of intelligence built into Nature. Check out Zoopharmacognosy.
Yeah, that's bollocks.
Back in the days of yore, when there was a disease and a plant that could cure it, some animals had an affinity for the plant and some did not. Guess which ones survived to reproduce and pass on their genetic trait.
