Why would "Big Pharma" suppress alternative medicine if it worked?

Most folks do not do their homework where this is concerned. You cannot put a patent on anything that is found in nature and is in original form. ( Think regualr corn seed vs. Monsanto genetically modified seeds) It needs to be changed in order to get it patented. It is all aboout the money.... always has been, always will be. Today's doctors are trained under the shadow of the big corporations... big pharma and big insurance. Real healing is secondary to sustained healing. Sustained healing is to string along a person with drugs, rather than look for what is wrong and fix it. There are many alternative therapies that work well, but people take drugs with side affects instead. To understand, one must do their own research. As you stated, there are many Alternative therapies out there that are out for profit as well. Sifting through all the hype to find the truth is tiring, but worth it when you find what r-e-a-l-l-y works.