Natural Medicine vs. Western Science — Or Is That the Wrong Question?

The Plasticity Podcast by Santina Duarte

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Hi, it's me, that girl that you met at a bar, hoping to learn about natural health and ended up being held hostage by her after as she went on and on about her own research, Santina. After attending an event that was openly critical of alternative and traditional medicine, I’m diving into the bigger question: who gets to decide what counts as “real” medicine? In this episode, I explore the tension between Western science and natural health, the plant origins of modern pharmaceuticals, Indigenous knowledge systems, the neuroscience of placebo, and why culture and context matter more than we think. This isn’t anti-science — it’s a conversation about humility, integration, and building a future of medicine that’s both evidence-based and culturally intelligent.

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