The honest answer to "does this natural therapy work" is almost always "it depends on what you are asking it to do." Sorting complementary therapies by the job they actually do is more useful than sorting them by how ancient or exotic they sound.
Recovery tools (massage, myofascial release, contrast bathing) help tissue bounce back faster between sessions. Regulation tools (breathwork, meditation, forest bathing) manage the stress load that undermines both sleep and consistency. Mobility and mind-body tools (yoga, tai chi, qigong) build the range of motion and body awareness that a gym program alone often neglects. Naming the job a therapy is meant to do makes it much easier to notice when it is not doing that job.
Before adopting a new therapy, ask what specifically it is supposed to change and how you would notice if it did not. A therapy that cannot answer that question in plain terms is harder to trust, regardless of tradition. And nothing here replaces a conversation with a qualified medical professional about a real diagnosis — the honest role of natural and alternative therapies is to support a life built around movement, not to substitute for care a condition actually requires.