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 complementary medicine refers to those therapies like massage that are used in conjunction with conventional medicine.
However, both end up performing […]

Alternative medicine is an approach more and more sufferers are using to treat back pain. Why this should be the case is probably due to the ineffectiveness of many of the more conventional methods. No one can deny that modern medicine can achieve what would have been viewed as miracles only twenty years ago with […]

Home remedies and homeopathic medicine have begun popular over the years as an alternative to prescription drugs. Many people are not aware that there are also home remedies available to lower your blood pressure. What is nice about a home remedy is the lower cost and eliminating the unfavorable side effects of prescribed medicines. Another […]

Here we are in the season of giving which can be particularly stressful and take its toll on our health. However, you could make this the year when you step back and take a look at the overall state of your health and well being — physical and mental — and decide to expand […]

Flemington, MO-December 03, 2006-Complementary and alternative medicine’s (CAM) popularity is rising and with good reason. More and more people are choosing CAM, most importantly, because it increases their options of affordable health care without the side effects or pain.
With a higher number of users reporting greater satisfaction than users of conventional approaches it seems […]

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 those days. What has caused this never-ending increase of deadly diseases that wreak such […]

Acupuncture is one of several popular alternative therapies tracing its roots to traditional medicine in China more than 5,000 years ago. Although the treatment is regarded as one of the most common and oldest worldwide, acupuncture only started to become recognized in the US after New York Times journalist James Reston wrote a feature on […]

Those of us who claim that we do not practice any form of alternative medicine or therapies have missed out considering all the simple remedies that we apply at home.
Consider the following examples:- - Do you massage your neck at the back when you have a splitting headache? - Do you put an ice […]

With today?s rising insurance cost and doctors who seem to write a prescription for every ache and pain many people continue to lose trust in the medical establishment.
Watching the TV for any length of time and a variety of medical solutions will be advertised ? all with varied side effects. So many people are sick […]

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 they feel it is a natural way to get better.
There are many types of alternative medicine. Some are covered […]