Bach Flower Remedies
The Bach flower remedies are a complementary system of medicine developed by a physician and homoeopath Dr. Bach in 20th century. He believed that “the mind (mood and disposition) is always altered when a …
Aromatherapy
Aroma (or smell) Therapy – healing. Aromatherapy is an ancient science of healing, relaxing and rejuvenating by using “pleasant smelling scents” also called as essential oils. The essential oils (life force of the plants) are …
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Benefits of alternative medicine
Alternative medicine has multiple benefits, making it one of the longest and most widely practiced systems of medicine in the world. Due to the cost-effective nature of care it provides, combined with a holistic approach, …
What is alternative medicine tourism?
Alternative medicine is any therapy, treatment or procedure that does not fall into the umbrella of conventional western medicine. Alternative medicine when used in conjunction with mainstream medicine is entitled ‘complimentary alternative medicine’ or …
Ethical considerations for alternative treatment
Ethics play a big role when discussing the realm of alternative medicine. There is a large disconnect between doctors that try and dismiss alternative practices, and their patients that are not disclosing how often they …
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Criticisms of Alternative Treatments
Complementary and alternative practices have received a lot of negative comments and criticism in recent years from healthcare providers and scientists. Those that reject traditional therapies state a practice can only be considered ‘medicine’ once …
Reasons people use Alternative Medicine and Complementary Alternative Medicine
Western medicine has only gained popularity within the last few decades. All the years prior to that saw humans using several of the therapies that fall under the umbrella of ‘Alternative Medicine’. Countries that lack …
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Clarifying terms in alternative and complementary medicine
What is Medicine? Medicine can simply be defined as a practice to treat health conditions using diagnostic and therapeutic treatments (such as synthetic drugs or surgeries) that have gone through evidence based testing and proved …
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Statistics for alternative medicine
According to WHO reports, they estimate that approximately 3 billion people (65-80 per cent of the global population) utilize some form of alternative medicine as their primary form of healthcare. Around the World: Herbal medications …
