When I give lectures or communicate with those responding to my book, I find that those who are interested cuts across traditional boundaries. The common ground is that people want informed freedom of choice relative to maintaining and improving their health and that of their families. The common ground is that people want informed freedom of choice relative to maintaining and improving their health and that of their families. My sister is a veterinarian who specializes in homeopathy. So there is interest in these approaches that goes beyond humans.
Veterinary medicine is a domain in which acupuncture and homeopathy are practiced.
Glucosamine, which is a commonly consumed supplement for joint health and integrity, was used for decades with racehorses and other animals. There is a long tradition of alternative methods with veterinary medicine and animal populations that is significant because it precludes the placebo effect. Presumably, animals are not amenable to whatever conditions produce a placebo response. Therefore, it demonstrates on a certain level of science and research that there is probably a great deal of efficacy to some of these methods. Among your many titles is Director of the National Institutes of Health funded Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine.