Alternative medicine

Alternative medicine can mean any healing practice that is not covered by conventional medicine. The most common are naturopathy, chiropractic, herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, hypnosis, homeopathy, acupuncture, Unai and Ayurveda.

The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (known as CAM in medical circles) varies from country to country and from culture to culture. In Western countries, it is often used as a complimentary medicine in conjunction with or to complement conventional medical treatments and can be classified into five major groups: whole medical systems (including traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda); mind-body medicine; biologically based practices; manipulative and body based practices (including chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation); and bioelectromagnetic based therapies.

A massive world wide industry has grown up around alternative medicine in recent times and yet many of the herbs, plants, essential oils and methods used have their origins in past centuries and ancient civilizations.  Bloggers would keep busy for weeks investigating all the alternative medicines blogs available.  Try Dr. Brad at Revolution Health for his views on conventional and alternative medicine.

by CainIV Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Alternative medicine”

• Fake Doctors With Real Drugs: Quackery In Canada

  
  Better Health — Authority: 555
  Two weeks ago, Canadian Skeptics United published on their Skeptic North site a piece by an Ontario pharmacist criticizing a proposal by the province to grant limited prescribing rights to naturopaths. The essay, which was reprinted in the National Post on Tuesday, outlines the intellectual and practical ...
  2 hours ago

• Healthcare Reform Bills Legitimize Quackery

  
  Better Health — Authority: 555
  I’ve been warning folks about this for years - and alas, fake medicine and quackery has finally oiled its way into the healthcare reform bills. We are in the midst of a growing primary care shortage, and on the brink of vastly expanding health insurance coverage without increasing the supply of physicians and ...
  4 hours ago

• The Herbal Alternative

  
  Health and Medic — Authority: 147
  Plants are nature’s remedies. The use of plants for healing purposes predates human history and forms the origin of much modern medicine. Herbal traditions have been passed down and refined with scientific understanding, providing information to assist in health maintenance. Today, our diet mainly consists of foods ...
  5 hours ago

• Heal Tendinitis Without Drugs

  
  SmartHealthForLife.com — Authority: 140
  What is Tendinitis? You can Heal Tendinitis without pain easily, but should gain a full understanding of the problem before attempting to do so. Tendinitis (informally also tendonitis) is an soreness of a tendon that creates aching and soreness by a joint. It as a rule usually is linked with overuse from an ...
  5 hours ago

• Learn How to Heal Tendinitis

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  What is Tendinitis?
  5 hours ago

• The Simplest Way To Cure Ringing Ears And Enjoy Life Again

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  Can you imagine living the remainder of your life with a steady ringing in your ears? Sadly for millions of others, this situation is a sad fact that they need to deal with. These folk are desperate for news of a medical breakthrough that may effectively cure ringing ears, aka tinnitus. Currently, theres no known cure ...
  5 hours ago

• Winning Ways to Wake Up Happy Each Day

  
  Alternative Medicine and Natural Health Information — Authority: 135
  Did you know that what you do in the very first hour after you get up in the morning can affect the rest of your day? If you choose wisely, you can feel and look your best for the entire day. Choosing the right foods and even physical activity in the early morning first hour can give you the stamina, focus and ...
  6 hours ago

• When Can Natural Cures Be More Effective Than Medical Cures For Hemorrhoids?

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  If going to the bathroom is something that causes deep feelings of anxiety, if you dread that daily visit, then you may be suffering from hemorrhoids. This is a very common ailment that affects millions of people every single year. Many sufferers usually are too worried to embarrassed to see their doctors, or even ...
  7 hours ago

• What Are Hypoallergenic Skin Care Products And Non Comedogenic Skin Care Products? Or Are They A Con?

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  Chances are, if youre searching for hypoallergenic skin care products or non comedogenic skin care products that you previously had an allergic skin reaction to modern anti aging products or else you had your acne exacerbated by some anti aging products in the past.
  9 hours ago

• Overcoming Pain the Natural Way

  
  Health Wisdom — Authority: 131
  You have definitely noted the recent withdrawal of a whole class of painkiller drugs from the market. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were pulled off because they were agreed to be not quite safe for human health and pose certain serious risks if taken on a regular basis. Some of these drugs had strong and even ...
  9 hours ago

• Why Mice, And Millions Of American Women, Should Use Natural Moisturiser.

  
  blabstr.com — Authority: 164
  There are some very powerful reasons why millions of American women, as well as mice, should be seriously using a natural moisturiser, and why so many women should junk the moisturiser they may have used today.
  10 hours ago

• YouTube - iBeatNetwork’s Channel

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 146
  Technorati Tags: alternative medicine websites
  10 hours ago

• About Natural Moisturisers, Skin Cancer, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate And Mice.

  
  Pam Ponders — Authority: 145
  Chances are very good that every day you use a moisturizer on your skin. It’s important to take care of your skin and there’s lots of anti aging skin care products available to help you do that. However it may come as a shock to you to know that many modern skin care products contain chemical ingredients such as ...
  10 hours ago

• Vaporization Healthier Than Inhaled Marijuana Smoke

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  Inhaling marijuana smoke is the fastest way to enjoy the benefits of this drug. However, that route can spell disaster to your lungs.
  15 hours ago

• Take Advantage of Marijuana’s Benefits through Marijuana Vaporizers

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  In other nations, marijuana is regarded as out of ordinary. But at present, many individuals are becoming more aware of the benefits produced by using marijuana. Despite the benefits that we can get from utilizing marijuana, the main problem that we cannot avoid with the usual use of such is certainly the smoke. But ...
  15 hours ago

• Personal Medical Programs and Prescription Assistance Programs For The United States

  
  Fine Tuning Health — Authority: 442
  Private health insurance provides reimbursement for health care. Prescription assistance programs can be included in some policies. Several policies might provide for payment of health charges incurred on a reimbursement basis by paying benefits to the policy holder, payment on a service basis by paying those who ...
  18 hours ago

• 5 Popular Types Of Alternative Medicine

  
  Health Choices — Authority: 152
  Holistic healing is a hot topic these days. More and more often you here about ancient remedies and practices making their way into mainstrem culture. With so many options flooding us everyday, its sometimes hard to keep them all straight. Here are 5 of the most powerful and popular alternative medicines. 1. ...
  20 hours ago

• Use HerbalAire Vaporizer and Be at an Advantage

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  For about four years now, the HerbalAire Vaporizer has been recognized for its reliability and consistency. A lot of people who are using herbal vaporizers depend on this particular unit to enjoy the active compounds of various plant materials. Oftentimes, the vaporizers are associated with the use of cannabis or ...
  21 hours ago

• The Human Wrist

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 171
  The wrist-hand complex is a highly complicated tool which allows for the precise use of the hand and its very important role in human function, with the wrist a vital link in this process. The shoulder and scapula allow crude arm positioning, the elbow allows the distance from the body to be varied, the forearm sets ...
  1 day ago

• The Successful Treatment of Acne

  
  World News — Authority: 168
  Acne is horrible. However, its not something that cannot be tackled. There are heaps of acne skin care products around. We can catalog acne skin care products into 3 broad categories:
  1 day ago

Comments about Alternative medicine