The Pros And Cons Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine

In recent years, the people interest in alternative medicine or what 's also known as physical therapy has been clearly emerged, so that almost third of American people; public patients seek physical treatment. Nearly over 8900 American adults and 17000 children between ages of 4 and 17 according to the national health statistics report.(1) Thus, media reports also attest to common use of alternative medicine, and showed that thirty-four billions are spent yearly on alternative health care. Of course, by American, which is NOT a few. (2)

Complementary and alternative medicine is the therapies or medical practices that involved with indigenous people, and therefore they have introduced to other countries as traditional medicine. (3) It is also

He wanted through his researches to bring complementary and alternative medicine out into open and provide to examination. Furthermore his statements has helped appointing public recognition and federal found for research in alternative and complementary medicine and stated that(10) :

"This is just what American are looking for. They want less invasive, less expensive, less impersonal medical treatment. they want remedies that are safe, holistic, and affordable. they want to be involved in their own health care. they want medical practitioners to listen to them and to think of them as a whole person, not just an entity with an illness. most of all, they want medicine that works, whether it 's old or new, run-of-the-mill or out-in-left-field, traditional or alternative."

A treatment as complementary and alternative medicine with large number of philosophies, approaches, and methods has been classified into specific categories by experts accordingly to the type of method used in such treatment. Whether it is a biological medicine or diet, involves touch, involves tapping into some external energy, or tries to influence the body with the

Biological treatment as this type uses vitamin, dietary supplements, and herbal products, which are substances found in nature, " Biologically Based Practices".(5) And the treatment involves tapping into an external energy called the "Energy medicine", this includes Reiki and qi gong.(4)

It 's obvious that these methods are not such simple treatment patients gone through or doctors know about. Unfortunately, doctors have relatively little knowledge of all these various forms of alternative medicine, which they could be more complicated than the conventional medicine . They should at least have an understand of these treatments ' basics on order to know what kind of curative and alternative ways the patients are treated by.