Alternative Medicine
...ctromagnetic. This field is less popular than others. This process makes use of the body’s response to no thermal, no ionizing radiation. Some examples are bone repair, nerve stimulation, wound healing, treatment of osteoarthritis, and immune system stimulation. The third field is various alternative systems of medical practice. These systems are characterized by a specific theory of health and disease. An educational program teaches its concepts to new practitioners who want to open up their own alternative medicine practice. You must get a legal mandate though, without the legal papers, you can’t open a practice. Some examples are acupuncture (which is very popular) ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, and naturopathy. Manual healing methods are also very popular processes. Touch and manipulation cause stimulation and cause release in pain in some areas. Doctors believe that dysfunction of one part of the body often affects the function of a not necessarily connected part. Many people believe that a massage of the feet can cause headaches to disperse. Manipulating bones of soft tissues, realigning body parts both aid in restoring health. Some examples are chiropractic, massage therapies, and Rolfing structural integration. The fifth field of alternative medicine is pharmacological and biological treatments. This consists of an assortment of drugs and vaccines not yet accepted in mainstream medicine because of the restraints of doubts people comprise. Some examples are antineoplastins (human blood and urine) for AIDS, Honey Bee for Arthritis, and Isador (liquid extract from mistletoe) for tumors. Herbal Medicine is one of the more “up and coming” fields. Many licensed dugs used today originated in the herbal traditions of various cultures outside the United States. Because the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate them, these drugs are more likely marketed only as food supplements in stores. According to Mitch Mitchell, “Americans spent more than $27 billion on alternative therapies in 1997, according to the latest available data from the National Institutes of Health. The dietary supplement industry grew to sales of $14.7 billion from $3.3 billion in 1991. Supplements include herbal medicine such as ginseng, ginkgo, Saint-John’s-wort and garlic.” Because they do not regulate them there is no guarantee of the purity or safety of taking these drugs. Even though the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate them 4 Billion people, (that is about 80 percent of the world population) use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care even if it is a vitamin every morning. Some examples of these herbal medicine are digitals, plants and plant products. There are many different popular therapies of alternative medicine. One popular therapy is acupuncture. In my opinion, I believe this is the most popular therapy that exists. Acupuncture comes from China’s traditional medicine from the dates of 3000-2000 BC. This therapy is completed by stimulation to specific points in the body for therapeutic purposes to ease pain. Stimulation is commonly done by needle into skin, heat, pressure, friction, suction or impulses of electromagnetic energy to stimulate points. This is used for chronic pain, drug addictions, arthritis, chemotherapy-induced nausea, and mental illness. The popularity of acupuncture has been rising recently. More than fifty Schools of Acupuncture in the United States are candidates or already are, for accreditation by the National Accreditation Commission for School/Colleges of Acupuncture or are already accredited. Licensure or registration in acupuncture is available in thirty five states and also District of Columbia, which make access to this popular tradition a lot easier. Many conventionally trained physicians take courses in acupuncture and incorporate it into their practices since it’s so popular. This causes that twelve million healthcare visits per year are for acupuncture and in 1998 it was concluded that it is effective at relieving nausea caused by chemotherapy, surgical anesthesia, pregnancy, and pain after dental s...