Alternative Health Certainly Has
Its Good Points
Many people are pretty polarized
on the alternative health care debate. They are either completely for or
completely against it. On the one hand, there are people who stand with
tradition entirely and are unwilling to compromise. They believe that normal
medical health is the highest level that the treatment of diseases has ever
reached. They don't believe in any alternative health treatment at all, viewing
it as unscientific and probably unhelpful as well.
On the other hand, there are alternative health fanatics. I know some people who
will only use holistic health services and nothing else. They won't even take
prescription drugs if they believe they can get better with herbs. They believe
that science is overrated and that some things can't be measured in numbers.
I always try to avoid either extreme in my own practices. I have had some great
success with alternative health, and definitely wouldn't give it up. On the
other hand, I think that science is very valuable. Traditional Western medicine
has done a lot of great things for us. It has brought us a new understanding of
the physical body, excellent drugs and treatment options, incredible scans which
allow us to see inside the body, and many other helpful technologies. To throw
it all away based on a vague belief in the power of herbs is foolish.
That is why I use both alternative healing and traditional medicine. I think
that improving your diet and taking health supplements can do great things for
you, and is often a better solution than costly medications with side effects.
When you are not treating something severe and acute, you shouldn't put a lot of
stress on your body during the treatment. Otherwise the cure can be worse than
the illness. Using herbal treatments can remove the need to strain your body by
introducing antibiotics and things like that into it.
On the other hand, I like to keep traditional medicine as an option. Sometimes,
things get really bad and you just need a pretty strong treatment. You might not
want to start with an operation or even prescription medication, but it might
come to that in the end. This is why I have always viewed complimentary medicine
as the best approach. It allows you to use both Western and Eastern medicine,
combining the best of both worlds. After all, the more tools you have, the more
options you have for treatment.
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