Non-Traditional Medicine

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Having analyzed a lot of literature on the issues connected to the topic of choosing alternative ways of treatment instead of conventional medicine, I want to say that there are natural treatments for every complaint and what is more, non-traditional medicine attempts to repair balance by removing any barriers and problems, keeping human’s body from healing itself. The only obstacle to recovering process can be a person and, to be precise, his or her attitude to the approach that is applied. A feature of the person, the essence of the disease and other factors more occur in treatment, and not so much which disease is being treated.

In the article written by Bonafede (2004), there was provided a general overview of the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). This study also required to explore the nature of CAM use and whether CAM use is an alternative to or balance of conventional medicine. According to the author, the western traditional medicine primarily affects the material causes of disease, based on precise research and development. On the other hand, alternative medicine, came to us from Asia, relies on inductive methods of treatment in a comprehensive approach, addressing not only physical but also spiritual and emotional sources of poor health. In addition, clinical treatment has been becoming more and more expensive. So many patients are beginning to look for other ways to get rid of any illness. I agree with the information that such a trend on alternative medicine can be explained by the fact that unconventional medicine is often one drug, plant or psycho-physiological practices are a cure for a multitude of different difficulty and symptoms of disease, while the usual treatment of each drug is designe...

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Barker, T., (2009). Why Choose Naturopathic Medicine? Naturopathy online. Retrieved: January 29, 2011, from: http://www.holisticonline.com/naturopathy-why-choose-naturopathic.htm

Bonafede M., (2004). Negotiating the Alternatives: How and Why People use Alternative Medicine. Retrieved: 20 January, 2011, from: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=103624114.html

Breckinridge. J., (2009). Advantages of Alternative Medicine. ArticleDoctor. Retrieved: February 1, 2011, from: http://www.articledoctor.com/medicine/advantages-of-alternative-medicine-2115.

Ibrahim, Z., (2009). What are the Advantages of Alternative Medicine? Health & Fitness. Retrieved: February 1, 2011, from: http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Zahari-Ibrahim-5465/advantages-of-alternative-medicine-58182.php

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