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It is to my knowledge that a vast majority of formal western medicine come from alternative medicines background, for example opiod such as morphine found in opium flower, aspirin - salicylic acid came from the bark of willow tree and digoxin - a heart failure medication came from foxglove plant. Those are just some well known examples of modern medicine originate from tradition herbal medicine.

Even though, some of modern medicines might come from traditional medicine practice that do not mean that all traditional medicines work. It is the case of specific example and whether there is evidence of the alternative medication working. For example, the use of cranberry juice for prevention of Urinary tract infection is supported by evidence in scientific studies where it is shown to reduce the incidence of infection significantly vs the ridiculous use of homeopathic medications medication in general. Homeopathic medication is one of those area in alternative medicines that are just plain silly and obsolete. Homeopathic medication bases on the principle of dilution, it is generally accepted in the field that the more you dilute a substance the more potent it is. Their explanation for this extraordinary phenomenon is the memory retention property of water which is illogical and silly because the more you dilute it the less potent it is. There are many more example of alternative medicines that are the debris of the old ways of medicines e.g.
Tissue salts, Floral oil concentrate therapy the list go on. My advices on alternative medicines is stick to herbal medicines and on to the one that proven to work and avoid the others such as homeopathy.