The Power of Natural Alternative Medicine

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The Power of Natural Alternative Medicine
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."... Thomas Edison, 1902.

We have many different options for healthcare today, but the focus will be on biologically based treatments and prevention. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines the scope of biologically based practices to include, but is not limited to, botanicals, animal-derived extracts, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, proteins, prebiotics and probiotics, whole diets, and functional foods.

First, let's take a look at the different philosophies of healthcare practiced today. Allopathic, alternative, complementary, integrative-what does it all indicate? Each includes many different kinds of therapies, and although alternative, complementary and integrative are often used interchangeably, the general focus of each is different.

Allopathic medicine concentrates on disease and the treatment of the physical body with drugs and surgery. These are conventional physicians with the title of M.D. that are generally recognized as having a medical degree.

Alternative medicine includes those therapies not normally recommended by allopathic physicians. It includes Energy Medicine, Ethnomedicine, Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Homeopathic Medicine, Botanical or Herbal Medicine, Bio molecular Medicine, Manual Medicine, Spiritual Medicine.

Complementary medicine includes therapies used by both alternative and allopathic physicians. It includes Exercise Medicine, Environmental Medicine, Social Medicine, Nutritional Medicine.

Integrative medicine is the attempt to integrate the many philosophies of medicine, allopathic, complementary, and alternative, to treat the entire person, physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual.

Did you know that Naturopathic Medical Doctors are the only physicians who receive complete training in conventional medicine as well as natural medicine? Training, they are extensively educated in the philosophy and implementation of effective and safe natural therapeutics with a strong emphasis on disease prevention.

Many conditions can be prevented and controlled with lifestyle changes and biologically based medicine. In some cases, alternative therapy may actually have useful synergistic effects in conjunction with existing medical therapy, even when not feasible as a replacement.

Biologically based medicine is not new. As late as the 1930's, the formulation of about 80 % of synthetic pharmaceutical drugs began with a natural compound.

A survey of 31,000 U.S. adults conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 2004 showed that 35 percent use some form of complementary and alternative medicine. Today, the World Health Organization estimates that herbal medicine is still the primary source of health care for around 80 percent of the world's population.

Chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer are the leading causes and special needs in the United States. These diseases and other chronic diseases such as obesity, depression, digestive and metabolic disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and fibroids, account for 7 of every 10 deaths and affect the quality of life of 90 million Americans. Chronic diseases are among the most prevalent and a lot of costly, yet they are the most preventable.

Conventional physicians treat chronic diseases with expensive pharmaceuticals that may temporarily relieve the uncomfortable or painful symptoms, but the drugs do nothing to fix the underlying cause, and may actually cause opposite effects and severe problems. Because nutrition impacts our immune system, body organ function, hormone balance and cellular metabolic process, many of these chronic conditions and diseases can be traced to a nourishment insufficiency. When the insufficiency is not fixed, symptoms start to appear and ultimately bring about disease and early aging.

Many pharmaceuticals can efficiently be changed with multi vitamin supplements, botanicals, amino acids, probiotics and prebiotics, fresh foods and functional foods for both prevention and treatment. Because natural herbs work synergistically, mixes of natural herbs with comparable homes improve the homes of each. Popular alternative medicine business Melaleuca even provides an item called RestEZ that provides a supplement that has all 3 natural rest boosters: valerian, interest flower and jumps.


Did you know that Naturopathic Medical Doctors are the only physicians who receive complete training in conventional medicine as well as natural medicine? Many conditions can be prevented and controlled with lifestyle changes and biologically based medicine. A survey of 31,000 U.S. adults conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 2004 showed that 35 percent use some form of complementary and alternative medicine. Today, the World Health Organization estimates that herbal medicine is still the primary source of health care for around 80 percent of the world's population.

Popular alternative medicine business Melaleuca even provides an item called RestEZ that provides a supplement that has all 3 natural rest boosters: valerian, interest flower and jumps.