> Plants or minerals that have helped people for thousands of years are called "homeopathic" or "alternative" by real doctors.
No, homeopathic medicin is called homeopathic by real doctors. Homeopathy is not ancient, it was invented in 1796. It also does not involve plants of any kind.
Plants that do help or seem to help and have been in use for hundreds or thousands of years are only called alternative when there either has not been research to show that they are effective, or there has been research that shows they are not effective.
Alternative does not necessarily mean bad. The word is merely used as a way to distinguish unproven medicine from scientifically proven medicine.
While I think the parent comment does not understand what "homeopathic" means, I don't think it's correct that "[homeopathy] does not involve plants of any kind." My understanding is that the "active" ingredients are often plant based - after all, it was cinchona overdose that started this mess. If that's the case, homeopathic remedies don't contain the plants anymore (through over-dilution), but homeopathy as a process involves plants.
No, homeopathic medicin is called homeopathic by real doctors. Homeopathy is not ancient, it was invented in 1796. It also does not involve plants of any kind.
Plants that do help or seem to help and have been in use for hundreds or thousands of years are only called alternative when there either has not been research to show that they are effective, or there has been research that shows they are not effective.
Alternative does not necessarily mean bad. The word is merely used as a way to distinguish unproven medicine from scientifically proven medicine.