Monday, February 1, 2010

Alternative Medicine

What Alternative Medicine

Literally, Alternative Medicine alternatives to "something else", this "something else" is western medicine or allopathy or orthodox medicine.

This term is used loosely to cover all forms of medicine except allopathy. In 1973, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome convened the first World Congress of alternative therapies, and the provisional program contained no less than 135 different therapies. Experts W.H.O. have also identified and enlisted more than 100 types of practices and cried as traditional medicines.

These forms of medicine are known as traditional medicine (as most of them have been practiced since time immemorial), complementary medicine (such as drugs, allopathic medicine, complementary in many instances-a-) (if different from orthodox medicine), holistic medicine (the Most of alternative medicine consider the human body as a whole being including physical, mental, social and spiritual), ethnic medicine (including traditional systems of health care are closely associated with living and mass culture), natural medicine (such as methods of treatment based on the laws of nature and natural materials are used to treat patients).

There are more than 100 systems in the practice of alternative medicine is still the world. Each country, region or area has its own traditional system of health and medical care, as it is for Chinese acupuncture, French, magnetic healing, for the Germans, Heil Praxis, in English - Phytotherapy for India - Ayurveda, because Islamic countries -- Unani and the southern part of the country - Siddha, for Japan - Shiatsu, etc.

The most popular forms of alternative medicine Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Siddha, naturopathy, yoga therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, magnetic therapy, shiatsu, herbal medicine, meditation, aromatherapy, Bach Flowers Gem therapy, color therapy, hydrotherapy, Diet Therapy and Reiki.

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