#15 — DEEP DIVE SERIES INTRO: How Big Pharma Lead Us to Call Eastern Medicine ‘Alternative’

Today I will be introducing a new ‘deep dive series’ on The Trip Lab. We are going to be looking into the most common medical conditions to really understand what is happening in the body and how they develop. With that understanding, we can better understand how our treatments work– including pharmaceuticals and surgery as well as integrative therapies like herbal medicine and mind-body medicine. 

To start this series, we will look at how this divide between ‘modern’ medicine and ‘alternative’ medicine came to be. Why do we call western medicine the gold standard and ancient eastern approaches alternative? Well– big pharma played a role. Take a listen if you want to learn how and why.

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