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11. Traditional Chinese medicine is certainly chock full o' woo. So is chiropractic, of course.

The long-dead Chinese had an excuse. They had no way to know better. That excuse is worn pretty thin, here and now, for Americans with access to actual physiological knowledge made available to them via things like books, and the internet.

We proponents of "mainstream, allopathic, whatever-you-want-to-call-it, medicine" happen to believe (with evidence!... we're pretty sure...) that our own body, when healthy, practices the necessary "maintenance care," so long as we get adequate sleep, exercise, and a balanced diet. And even does pretty well when we don't. We believe in the "magic" of physiology.

We also note that the woos like to point out all the unnecessary meds that so many people are on. And they're right about that. Part right. People who are on unnecessary meds are trying to do what the woos do. Provide unnecessary maintenance.

And, like shady auto mechanics, unnecessary maintenance is what chiropractors mainly do.