The Benefits Of Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine $33.9 billion dollars are spent annually by American adults on the alternative medicine to visit alternative medicine providers, buy materials, and products (Pike, 2015). Can this medicine heal and relieve people’s pain? With the progress of the world, man discovered many ways for healing pain. There are three main types of medicine. First, a conventional, western, or orthodox medicine which is based on clinical trials and the health care providers are doctors. Second, a complementary medicine which is utilized beside the western medicine. Third, an alternative medicine which is utilized instead of the western medicine. Alternative medicine is a different collection of systems, products, and practices which are

They think alternative medicine caregivers have the basic knowledge that enables them to deal with patients. Providers can deal with patients through their experience and last practices with different patients in all ages. However, the majority of alternative medicine providers are not qualified to deal with patients (Edzard and Ernst, 2003). In addition, their knowledge of the human anatomy, physiology, and pathology is limited which make them unable to diagnose the illness. Moreover, they follow traditions like chines medicine includes acupuncture that does not depend on scientific tests. Furthermore, they do not how to deal or communicate with patients which can affect psychologically on patients. In addition, alternative medicine providers do not know the techniques or the mechanisms of the therapy which create more problems and complications with patients (Mayo clinic,

Alternative medicine can create problems for patients such as liver damage, and decrease the other medications’ efficacy like anticancer, chemotherapy, and radiations. In addition, alternative medicine caregivers can affect badly on the patient because of the shortage of knowledge. Also, they do not know the patients’ privacy and the way of communication. Every person is responsible for his/her life and should take care of his/herself because the health is a gift from god, so alternative medicine must be stopped to protect the health.

References:

• Mayo clinic staff (2014). Complementary and alternative medicine. Retrieved from Mayoclinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org

• Pike, R, M. (2015). Time To Talk About CAM: Health Care Providers and Patients Need To Ask and Tell. Retrieved from National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: https://nccih.nih.gov

• Rockville Pike, B. M. (2005). Think about complementary & alternative medicine. United States: NIH Publication.

• Edzard& Ernst (2003). Ethical problems arising in evidence based complementary and alternative medicine. Journal of Medical Ethics,