our medical system treats symptoms

[reeay]

If it were up to the medical establishment they wouldn't want the placebo effect to be more effective than whatever treatment they're coming up with. Would be hard to package a sugar pill and charge customers $250 for them. But maybe in some cases it could be more effective than drugs with a sugar high as its main side effect and increased blood glucose levels. Still dangerous.

If homeopathy and herbal medicine were to be accepted as effective, it would have to be studied through a clinical trial, even if such research has major limitations (like tweaking results to fit agenda... I've seen it happen it is awful). Then, if it's effective, the big companies are going to gobble that up and brand it as their own... which is what they are doing in the South Pacific right now.