Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Science & Medicine 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Ethics

References: Shabbat: 67a ,  Yoma: 83a  

Description

Overview of issues in Alternative Medicine: Is this included in ורפא ירפא; Might this qualify as כישוף; May this be chosen over conventional medicine; Might this have the same license as conventional medicine to override Shabbos and Kashrus. Requires a more thorough fleshing-out.