I think you'll find it does

Yours was a rather selective reading...This is probably a fairer summary

"Many CAM therapies are based on theories about their modes of action that are not congruent with current scientific knowledge. That is not to say that new scientific knowledge may not emerge in the future. Nevertheless as a Select Committee on Science and Technology we must make it clear from the outset that while we accept that some CAM therapies, notably osteopathy, chiropractic and herbal medicine, have established efficacy in the treatment of a limited range of ailments, we remain sceptical about the modes of action of most of the others.

I.e. some do appear to work and they are not convinced by some of the others, which is what I said.

Posted By: Cart Gap Disco on June 2nd 2009 at 10:53:39

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"What is it? Magic? Witchcraft? A load of twaddle?" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 2, 09:47:02
- Yeah but (General Chat) - Cart Gap Disco, Jun 2, 09:59:19
  - Oh and the House of Lords report you link to doesn't 'accept that some of it works' at all (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 10:47:05
    - I think you'll find it does (General Chat) - Cart Gap Disco, Jun 2, 10:53:39
      - haha. I love your re-wording (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 10:57:03
        
        I don't really see how I reworded it... (General Chat) - Cart Gap Disco, Jun 2, 11:09:53
  - Herbal medicine: the stuff that works just gets called "medicine". (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 2, 10:41:51
  - if it really does work then it'd stop being alternative medicine and just become medicine (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 2, 10:09:12
    - Yeah but (General Chat) - Cart Gap Disco, Jun 2, 10:31:50
      - "There is no doubt that some herbal remedies do work as anyone who has used arnica on thei (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 2, 10:41:25
        
        Yeah but (General Chat) - Cart Gap Disco, Jun 2, 11:14:49
        
        "much conventional thought starts at the margin of society and becomes mainstream over tim (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 2, 11:36:40
        
        Whisky is the most popular of the cold remedies that don't work. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 2, 10:43:56
      - hmmmm (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 10:37:35

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