Alternative medicine as understood today is the art of healing the living body without making use of the modern medicines as prescribed by the physicians. Alternative medicine believes that the human body has healing properties of its own and these can be made use of in treating rather than resorting to chemically enhanced treatments
Some of the known alternative methods of treatment involve traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, naturopathy, hypnosis, homeopathy, meditation and yoga, herbalism and chiropractic. Treatments that are based on dietary habits are also included in alternative therapy. Knowledge for alternative medicines is derived from ancient literature, folklores, traditional medicines and religious or spiritual beliefs. But alternative medicines and their treatments are not evidence based.
A group of doctors believe that it should be named as non-evidence based medicine, while another group feels that the label of ‘medicine’ be removed altogether. Many, who do not find relief from the prescribed conventional medicines, turn to alternative medicines.
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