The_Joy_Of_Alternative_Medicine

The Joy Of Alternative Medicine The Joy of Alternative Medicine Western Medicine, it has dominated America's culture for many years. Western Medicine has some flaws as a result, many Americans are turning to alternative medicine. "Health food stores, other alternative medicine outlets, and offbeat practitioners are doing a thriving business these days with so-called remedies" ("A Professional . . . " 4). These so-called remedies have become quite popular with the American public. A 1997 survey showed 42 percent of Americans utilized alternative medicine. That is a large percentage, considering the fact that alternative medicine uses "hands-on treatments that seem more like witchcraft than medicine" ("A Professional . . . " 4). Witchcraft or not, alternative medicine has a great deal of potential. In fact, alternative medicine is the key to a healthy body. Despite it's growing popularity, some people may not know what alternative medicine is. It ought to be defined, in order to eliminate all ambiguity. Alternative medicine is any medical practice that is not used by conventional doctors or taught in mainstream medical institutions (Dillard 10). The category of alternative medicine covers a wide variety of methods. Acupuncture, Yoga, Homeopathy, medicine, alternative, conventional, people, pain, acupuncture, homeopathy, remedies, one, homeopathic, symptoms, patient, methods, herbal, been, back, years, effective, chinese, body, while, treatment, treat, study, problem, placebo, itself, western, treatments, therapies, shi, serous, result, remedy, problems