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Alternative Medicine
Synonyms
Traditional medicine; Holistic medicine
Definition
Alternative medicine encompasses techniques of treatment
and prevention of disease that are regarded by
modern, Western medicine as scientifically unproven
or unorthodox. Alternative medicine includes different
therapies such as chiropractic, homeopathy, acupuncture,
herbal medicine, massage therapy, aromatherapy,
naturopathy and many others. Although many alternative
therapies have been successfully used for a long
time in the treatment of disease, the scientifically oriented
modern medical establishment is often strongly
opposed to the use of alternative medicine.
Cross-References
 Complementary Medicine
 Holistic Medicine
 Traditional Medicine

In today’s day and age, the increasing awareness by most Westerners of alternative medicine and alternative healing, has shown a surge in the medical industry. Many still question the power of alternative healing, but what one should maybe rather be asking is who are, according to statistics, the healthier populations that live the longest and healthiest?

Although most scholars still question and critic alternative medicine, the benefits of an alternative lifestyle show that there is without question, some advantage to it.

Different types of Alternative healing
There are five major kinds of alternative healing in practice. They are: alternative medical systems, mind-body techniques, biologically based therapies, body-based therapies and energy healing.
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Currently, there is no known actual cure for cancer at the time of this writing. However, there are many a natural cancer remedy available for those who are interested. There are a huge growing number of people with cancer who are now beginning to realize the benefits that are offered by alternative medicine as a means of a natural cancer remedy. There are people who think this way immediately and initially and then there are those who will only turn to it after they are no longer able to continue with conventional cancer treatments.
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