Alternative Medicine
This website was conceived to inform visitors
of the available choices for treatment beyond standard medical
solutions, so you know your options, and can make the best decision for
your circumstances. This site is not anti-conventional medicine,
however I believe we need to be more informed about alternative
treatments, given the medical establishment’s bias toward
drugs of questionable safety, dangerous side effects, and unnecessary
surgery.
What Is Alternative Medicine?
Alternative medicine is a comprehensive
approach to healing that uses natural methods to bring physical,
mental, emotional, and spiritual harmony. It does not rely on drugs,
surgery and other conventional medical procedures.
Principles of Alternative Medicine:
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Alternative therapies draw on the healing
power of nature. It is based on the body's inherent ability to
establish, maintain, and restore health.
* Illness is a manifestation of an imbalance
in the whole person.
* The naturopathic doctor facilitates the
healing process and identifies and removes obstacles to health.
* Rather than merely masking the symptom, the
underlying cause of disease must be treated.
* Alternative medicine is based on the
harmony between physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and
environmental.
* The doctor's role is to educate the patient
on lifestyle changes, self-care, and prevention of disease. The doctor
assesses risk factors and teaches the patient to improve these areas.
Users of alternative medicine believe
that the focus of conventional medicine is too narrow. Drugs don't
address the reasons why illness develops. People start to believe that
chronic diseases such as digestive problems, headache, allergies, and
heartburn are a way of life, and once it happens there will be a
pharmaceutical drug to take away the symptoms. The power of a person to
prevent disease is forgotten.
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