Alternative Medicine Articles
Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Old Medicine, New Synergies
(Submited by: Howard Tiano )
The terms alternative medicine and complementary medicine
are often wrongly used as synonyms. Actually, the term
alternative medicine refers to medicine systems like
Ayurveda or Acupuncture that are used in place of
conventional medicine, while ... Read article
Alternative Medicine vs Conventional Medicine - Pt 2
(Submited by: Jem Bacchus )
In Part 1 we discussed the fact that alternative medicine
(so called) was being used in ancient times long before
conventional medicine came on the scene. It is interesting
to note that there were not so many diseases plaguing mortals
in ... Read article
The True Meaning of Alternative Medicine
(Submited by: Jay Moncliff )
Alternative medicine is a type of therapeutic practice that is not considered to be a part of traditional or conventional medical treatment. People use alternative medicine instead of using traditional medical treatment. This is often because ... Read article
Alternative Medicine
(Submited by: C. Bailey-Lloyd )
Alternative Medicine is the use of natural therapy and medicines to restore and maintain health. Dating back to 420 B.C., around the time of Hippocrates, alternative medicine is also considered a practice beyond the realm of conventional modern ... Read article
Alternative Medicine vs Conventional Medicine - Part 1
(Submited by: Jem Bacchus )
The term 'alternative medicine' that is so commonly used today is somewhat unsuitable since that would seem to indicate that it is a form of treatment departing from so-called 'traditional' scientific practices and is just a
possibility for a ... Read article
Natural Alternatives vs. Prescription Drugs
(Submited by: Chris Read )
Natural Alternatives: A growing phenomenon across this world which is a very diverse concept yet very divine and instrumental in healing health diseases. It might be thought as any health care which is not a part of the mainstream medical ... Read article
Is Alternative Medicine Proven to Work?
(Submited by: Daryl Kulak )
The most common objection to alternative medicine from conventional physicians is that it is not proven.What doctors mean by this is that alternative medicine has not been rigorously tested the way pharmaceutical drugs have been.A ... Read article
Benefits of Alternative Medicine
(Submited by: Ruby Boyd )
With the growing number of people being affected by newly
discovered chronic degenerative diseases such as AIDS and
chronic fatigue syndrome, Are you worried or wondering....Is it possible to maintain good health?What your body ... Read article
Complementary Medicine
(Submited by: C. Bailey-Lloyd )
Complementary Medicine is the use of natural therapy and medicines to restore and maintain health in addition to conventional medicine. Dating back to 420 B.C., around the time of Hippocrates, complementary medicine is also considered a practice ... Read article
Alternative Medicine is Holistic, Western Medicine is Reductionist
(Submited by: Daryl Kulak )
The major difference between alternative medicine, or what I'll call holistic health, and Western medicine, is in approach.A Western doctor, or MD, sees his duty as searching out disease, diagnosing it, and treating it. If he ... Read article