Alternative Therapies For Long Term Health

Alternative therapies have been described as one of the ranges of
systems of healing or treating disease not included in the traditional
medical curricula taught in Europe and America. Sometimes alternative
therapy practices are based on belief systems. Alternative therapies
usually incorporate spiritual, metaphysical and religious foundations,
sometime untested practices or newly developed approaches to healing
are also included. Alternative therapy is generally safe and
effective. Conventional practitioners have adopted it and it is no
longer considered as alternative therapy. Alternative therapies are
commonly categorized together with complementary medicine under the
term 'complementary and alternative medicine' (CAM for short). Some
critics say that some of the fields of alternative therapy are not
scientific. Jurisdictions also differ concerning the legality of the
branches of alternative therapy. Numerous supporters of alternative
therapy strongly disagree with the limitations extended by the
government agencies that approve medical treatments. India, home of
several alternative systems of medicines, has already recognized many
of the alternative therapies. Many people make use of conventional
medicine for diagnosis, while turning actually to alternative
therapies. The studies show that most people use alternative therapies
with conventional medicines. Increasing numbers of medical colleges'
world over have begun offering courses in alternative medicine. The
most common CAM therapies used were the prayer, herbalism, breathing
meditation, meditation, chiropractic medicine, yoga, body work,
diet-based therapy, progressive relaxation, mega-vitamin therapy and
Visualization. The practice of using complementary medicine
collectively with conventional medicine is known as integrative
medicine. Alternative therapies include herbal medicine, Chinese
medicine, chiropractic, naturopathy, osteopathy, acupuncture,
homeopathy, reflexology, aromatherapy, Alexander technique, Bach and
other flower remedies, massage, hypnotherapy, shiatsu, ayurvedic
medicine, nutritional medicine, yoga, anthroposophical medicine,
spiritual healing, iridology, kinesiology, meditation and others. It
is advisable for patients to inform their doctor when they are using
alternative therapies, because some treatments may interact with
conventional medical treatments, and such possible clash should be
investigated in the interest of the patient. However, many patients
are usually unwilling to share this information with their doctors
since they fear it will hurt their doctor-patient relationship.
However not informing their conventional doctor can sometimes cause
harm. Many critics of alternative therapy claim that people have been
hurt or killed directly from various alternative therapies or the
subsequent avoidance of conventional medicine which they consider
unnecessary. It may be very surprising to learn that many of the
prescription drugs are now being tagged as dangerous for human health,
there is a big problem posed by people's attitude in using the
alternative remedies, the problem is not in those remedies themselves,
but in the way people like to use them to address their health
challenges. In other words people generally come to the alternative
therapy searching for that magic pill to cure them with a snap of
finger, as the conventional prescription drugs do not offer cure
usually, instead they only help to suppress the symptoms for the time
being. Vast majority of chronic diseases are caused by the lifestyle
adapted by the patients themselves. Usually patients are asking for a
magic herb to cure their symptom. If they have pain, they want a pill
that will eliminate the pain. The problem with patients is that they
fail to recognize the internal cause of their pain, or they fail to
take ownership of their role in creating the disease they are
expressing. This is extremely frustrating for practitioners of
alternative therapies. Because therapists want to help patients, but
most patients really aren't looking for long-term solutions or the
cure, what they're actually looking for is short-term masking of their
symptoms, using products that they can call natural. There is a huge
challenge before the therapist and that is educating patients.
However, most patients aren't looking to be educated. They don't want
to change their lifestyle, and they don't want to have to do anything
that's too uncomfortable or unfamiliar. Alternative medicine is not
better than conventional medicine if the patient treats it as a
temporary cover up for a set of symptoms that they have created in
their life through their reluctance to change that lead to long term
health goals. Alternative therapies really can do wonders for you, if
you turn to them whole heartedly and follow them religiously for a
long term cure of your problems. One more thing to be certain of is
proper accreditation of the therapist but this does not always
guarantee the expertise. Published at:
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