I've heard about complementary medicine and alternative medicine. How do these two differ?

According to wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=co..., complimentary medicine combines both traditional and alternative medicine. Alternative medicine is treatment without the use of synthetic drugs but, rather, things like herbal medicine, self-awareness, biofeedback or acupuncture. When it comes to the definition of traditional medicine, in this case I believe it refers to the type of medicine the vast majority of the population experiences and works with, which involves the use of synthetic medications.

But if you look up the term "traditional medicine," you find definitions like the one on Wikipedia: "Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine) comprises medical knowledge systems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. Practices known as traditional medicines include herbal, Ayurveda, Siddha medicine, Unani, ancient Iranian medicine, Islamic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Korean medicine, acupuncture, Muti, Ifá, traditional African medicine, and other medical knowledge and practices all over the globe. " (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_medicine ) So when it comes to complementary medicine, we should probably say that it's a combination of alternative medicine and "modern" or "conventional" medicine instead of traditional.

Complementary medicine is also referred to as "holistic" or "natural" medicine and is primarily used to manage or prevent pain, nausea and treatment related side-effects as well as to reduce stress and anxiety, all of which promote healing. (See: http://www.abta.org/index.cfm?contentid=128 ) They are treatments that are used in addition to the standard -- "conventional" -- care for a given disease or ailment. Here are some good quotes from https://www.everettclinic.com/kbase/topic/special/aa63785/sec1.htm: "What is considered standard treatment in one culture may not be standard in another.

For example: * Acupuncture is standard in China but not in the United States. * Hypnosis is a standard part of psychiatry, but it may not be standard if used to treat cancer. Other examples of complementary medicine include: * Yoga * Massage therapy * Herbal remedies * Naturopathic medicine" "People often use complementary medicine to treat long-term health problems or to stay healthy.

But if you are looking for a "cure-all," you may be disappointed. Before you begin to use it, make sure that you learn how well it is likely to work. " "The greatest risk is that you may use these treatments instead of going to your regular doctor.

Complementary medicine should be in addition to treatment from your doctor. Otherwise you may miss important treatment that could save your life. " "Sometimes complementary medicines can be dangerous when they are combined with another medicine you are taking.

Always talk to your doctor before you use any new medicines. Diet supplements, for example, are complementary. And they can vary widely in how strong they are and in how they react to other medicines."

You can visit the site -- https://www.everettclinic.com/kbase/topic/special/aa63785/sec1.htm -- to read more about the pros and cons of complementary medicine. Personally, if I was diagnosed with a serious or even potentially life-threatening disease, I would be very open to complementary medicine, being careful that any synthetic medications or conventional treatments I might get wouldn't interfere negatively with complementary alternative treatments, or vice versa. As long as that isn't the case, I don't feel complementary medicine can be harmful even if it doesn't turn out to be helpful.

Not much difference between the two. The best kind of alternate is learned on www. ,upcspine.com, and Sherman collage teaches Atlas Orthogonal, one good technique.

Strait Chiropractic collage too, but avoid full spine,and diversified techniques because they only pop the joints called cavitation. Two good techniques not on upcspine are knee Chest,and Pettibon. This can help many things, but one would be better off not waiting for a problem to develop because a lot of spinal disk damage would have already occurred.

Birth potentially can begin a problem due to the trauma or any accident afterwords.

According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is not part of conventional medicine because there are no enough scientific proofs to support. NCCAM defines complementary medicine as the use of CAM jointly with conventional medicine. Therefore, complementary medicine is used to “complement�

Or “supplement� Conventional treatment.An example is the use of thermotherapy in addition to cancer treatment. It is said that cancer cells have low resistance to heat and are susceptible to “heat-induced death�.

While complementary medicine is used with conventional medicine, alternative medicine is used as an “alternate� Or “replacement� To conventional treatment.

Examples are traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathy, chiropractic medicine, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, and acupuncture. There are people who rely on conventional medicine while there are others who turn on to alternative treatment. This usually happens when conventional treatment seems not to work for them anymore.

But there are still people from certain cultures that opt to use the alternative one. Personally, combining CAM and conventional medicine works best! Source: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam.

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