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5000 Year history of alternative medicine:

3000 bc
Eat this root!
100 ad
That is a heathen root! Don’t eat it – say this prayer!
1800 ad
That prayer is superstition, don’t say it – drink this snake oil!
1900 ad
That snake oil is phony, don’t drink it – take this pill!
2006 ad
That pill is artificial, don’t take it – eat this root!