Doctors tell a lot of people that there is nothing more that can be done for them. Over the years, I've seen people who all the technology and scans and proven treatments have left semi-functional with permanent damage, recover neural function after alternative treatments. I've seen remission from conditions which we deem irretrievable. Because I know there is a lot there are no answers for, and the whole point is to improve patient outcomes [and not compete over who is better], I do not deny that alternative and complementary therapies give a lot of relief to those who have exhausted all 'proven' treatment pathways. Sure there are a lot of charlatans about, maybe even more in other countries, but you could argue that a doctor can do no more for some than they can. Reflexology, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reiki - all these provide comfort and, yes, healing for many people who nothing more can be offered by allopathic medicine.
On anecdote, will one of the knowledgeable people here show me the evidence that my DCs love me? I don't just believe they do, I know they do. The 'evidence' and 'data' are however equivocal. Your hardness and shield of proof mentality is not just irrelevant, it is worthless, for those things that matter deeply for everyday people. Most ordinary people are too wise to lose sight of the point of it all for the false god of an analytical tool.
I think the thread has now probably been spun well enough for most readers to work out where they wish to be.