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Is Alternative Medicine Gaining in Popularity?

Alternative medicine is any practice that is outside of normal Western medicine. It includes a diverse system of natural practices which are becoming a part of conventional medicine. Alternative cures have the potential of helping individuals live healthier lives and engage in preventative measures of wellness. It attempts to treat the person as a whole, looking at the disease as an imbalance or imperfection in the harmony of the body systems.
History has it that this type medicine goes back 5000 years to Chinese traditional medicine, Indian (Ayuryedic medicine) and similar healing traditions in many cultures. This type of medicine has become increasingly popular in the West over the past 10 years. When an alternative medicine therapy is used in addition to - not instead of - conventional therapy, it's called complementary. One form that has become mainstream is Chiropractic medicine. The Alternative Medicine Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides consumers and professionals with responsible, evidence-based information on the integration of alternative and conventional medicine. More than a third of Americans use some sort of this combination according to a recent survey by the National Institutes of Health. Treatments like homeopathy, and other interventions such as yoga, rhythmic breathing exercises, meditation, relaxation, and chanting techniques other complementary treatment, many of which have significantly reduced stress-induced psychological disorders.
Four other areas of discipline alternative medicine, acupuncture, herbal therapy, reflexology, and naturopathy are also gaining in popularity. Some practitioners believe an invisible energy force flows through your body, and when this energy flow is blocked or unbalanced you can become sick. Aromatherapy is a form of non traditionasl medicine that uses liquid plant materials, known as essential oils, and other scented compounds from plants to affect a person's mood or health.
There are many different types of this type treatment to investigate. So, by providing information about alternative medicine, which generally costs only a fraction of the cost of traditional medicine, we would expect to see non traditional cures to increase in popularity.

Steve Kujala is in the insurance business. He is a grandfather, a frequent article writer and operates numerous websites and blogs. One such blog is dedicated to alternative
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