There has been a lot of interest lately in alternative medicine (sometimes called complementary medicine). While Western medical tradition labels health traditions that do not fit into its model as “alternative,” in many cases aspects of these practices are much older. An interest in returning to the roots of medicine and learning more about these practices is natural right now. If you want to learn more about alternative medicine — and how it’s practiced — you might consider these 40 open courseware classes: [click to continue…]