Medicinal Beer???

So I'm sure most of you have heard of MMJ (medicinal marijuana), but have you heard of MB?  In medieval times beer was used as medicine, but back then, you'd find people using just about anything as medicine.  These days we're a bit more critical of what we put in our bodies in an effort to "cure" or "heal" us.  During Prohibition, actually shortly after it began, the government ruled that doctors were allowed to give out beer for it's medicinal qualities (old school MMJ).  This enraged those who identified with the Temperance Movement; they saw all their hard work to outlaw alcohol go out the window due to a loophole in the 18th Amendment.  Debate started in Congress as well as the American Medical Association about the importance of medicinal beer.  In the end, the Temperance movement won which lead to the rise of speakeasies and organized crime.  Sounds like history is starting to repeat itself now isn't it?