Can you feel the force?

We all know alternative health has something to do with the floatier side of medicine: acupuncture, herb-wielding Chinese men, that kind of thing. Often the word "holistic" crops up and - depending on what sort of company you're in - some eye-rolling.

But just how floaty is alternative health? More people are looking beyond the gym and the GP for help with pain-relief, stress-management and spiritual wellbeing. The Open University now provides a course on alternative health, Prince Charles has sung its praises to the WHO and more NHS trusts are offering complementary therapies. They can't all be nutters, can they?

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