Eli5: how are treatments like acupuncture, kinetic tape and homeopathy still a thing, if scientific studies disproving their effectiveness are publicly available to everyone and doctors?

Question

Eli5: how are treatments like acupuncture, kinetic tape and homeopathy still a thing, if scientific studies disproving their effectiveness are publicly available to everyone and doctors?

In: Biology

Answer 1

So, here is the deal about homeopathy in India:

Most homeopaths are actually ameteur psychotherapists in disguise. In India, visiting a psychotherapist or psychologist is considered taboo in vast majority of the country (though this has been changing recently), and people have a ton of PTSD and stress and what not. So, even ameteur psychotherapists under the disguise of homeopathy can bring out tangible changes, and that gets attributed to homeopathy.