What is alternative medicine? Alternative medical treatments involve many different modalities, and many of these therapies may involve ancient healing techniques, which have a proven successful track record.
However, the fact that many of these therapies have fallen in the popularitiy polls, is not due to their lack of success, but rather to the invasive competitiveness of pharmaceutical companies which manage to prosper at the expense of the population’s health.
Alternative medicine treats the patient holistically, which means that if a person presents with rheumatoid arthritis their manifesting symptoms, such as red swollen inflamed joints, will not only be treated, but rather the practitioner will be looking to treat the causative factors which are involved in their disease.
If only superficial symptoms are treated, the underlying disease process will continue unabated, while the person naively believes that because the pain is not present, the disease is under control. Unless the whole person is treated, the arthritic diathesis will not only remain, but will continue to get worse.
Alternative medicines include naturopathy, Ayurveda, homeopathy, acupuncture and acupressure, chiropractic, hydrotherapy, hypnotherapy, and many other therapies and medicines that are designed to restore and maintain good health.
