Alternative Medicine provides services not available through conventional medicine methods, incorporating spiritual, metaphysical, and religious traditions, along with emerging methods of treatment and healing. Alternative Medicines include naturopathy, acupuncture, acupressure, homeopathy, chiropractic, hydrotherapy, massage therapy, and many other therapies and medicines that are designed to restore and maintain good health.

The primary principle of holistic Alternative Medicine is that a pathogen, a virus or bacteria, for instance, is not the cause of illness, but rather that illness is the consequence of the body’s reaction to the pathogen. Naturopathic and holistic Alternative Medicine practitioners treat their patients with methods that alleviate the symptoms of the disease. Various Alternative Medicine methods are effective in treating a wide range of major and minor medical conditions, and research has proven that specific alternative treatments are effective. Research shows that there is a growing demand for Alternative Medicines, and that many conventional physicians support aspects of Alternative Medicine.

Alternative Medicine promotes patient empowerment; psychic and spiritual growth; and mental, emotional, and physical health. Alternative Medicine teaches the positive effects of good nutrition and the intake of supplemental vitamins and minerals, and uses of plants, herbs, and animal and mineral products that treat illness and promote health.

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By: Michael Bustamante

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In this article, I am going to write about my experiences of alternative therapy. I have tried many of these treatments and some have been far more successful than others. For this article I will be concentrating on the treatments that have proven to be beneficial for me, I hope you enjoy the read.

Up until the age of around twenty I was not really one for trying any form of alternative therapy. For some reason I thought that it was only weird people or hippies that went for that kind of thing. Looking back I realise how stupid I had been and only wish that I had been more open minded from an earlier age. In a way it is similar to the way I am about food, I find it difficult to experiment with new tastes and am far happier to stick with what I know.

In my early twenties I was self-employed and one my clients happened to be a reflexologist. She was a lovely lady with an amazing amount of confidence. We got on very well and during one conversation she asked whether I had ever tried reflexology, to which I replied in the negative. The thought of having anybody play or mess about with my feet was not a nice one.

This lady enquired as to whether I would like to give it a go, lets just say she was rather a persuasive person and put me in a position where I found it hard to say no. I could not believe however just how good it was and ten years later I still go to see her once a month!

This reflexologist has since introduced me to many other forms of alternative therapy including meditation, tai chi classes and aromatherapy.

I am now a convert and I have never felt better.

By: Steve Hill

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