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Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine

Anything not prescribed by a Medical Doctor or Medical Establishment as a cure, procedure or drug towards wellness may be termed 'Alternative Medicine', others may refer to it as 'Homeopathy'. What are your feeling about Alternative Medicine?

Medicine Alternative

I guess that really depends on what it is. I use allot of homeopathic medicine to help my self out. Simple things like taking Melatonin and Valerian Root to sleep instead of something over the counter since both are natural. I also use a product called Cold Remedy by Zycam which is considered homeopathic. It helps make a cold shorter and less severe. The results are amazing. I have recently tried homeopathic remedies for my blood pressure with very little success. I suggest that using homeopathic medicine should be tried, but monitored very closely. Not every alternative medicine solution works like it says.

Alternative Medicine Health & Special Psychology

I quite like the idea of 'natural' remedies, ie herbs,plant oils and so forth.
To my mind, there are many uses of plants to help heal various illnesses, and although some of the remedies like nettles sound horrible, if they work, they must be better than pumping chemicals into your body.

Medicine Alternative

I think is the natural way to go! I know a lady who has a daughter who suffered from a severe case of eczema and actually all the medications were making things worst until she started with Homeopathy, in a matter of weeks the rash was gone. I always believe in herbs.

Medicine Alternative

It funny you say that LDS, my son has severe eczema as well and none of the Homeopathic methods worked. In fact, only the Gold Bond extreme medicated lotion helps at all. No prescription has helped noticably either. But he has allergies and we found some great homeopathic eye drops and ear drops and pink eye drops that work better than prescriptions on dry eyes, pink eye, and ear infections. Homeopathic medicine is definitely a better way to go that chemical lab products if it works. Garlic is a great natural medicine that works to help almost everything.

Alternative Medicine

I grew up on herbs, and home remedies. So when someone told me that magnets is another way to help you heal your bodies, I was interested, and it happened that they had a product that helped me. I have a foot disorder called Plantar Fasciitis, it's permanent brusing of the tendons on the bottom of your feet. I lost a job because my inablitiy to stand for long periods of time or lifting heavy objects. One day my Relief Society Pres. handed me a pair of insoles called magsteps and I put them in, a year later I'm able to stand for 8-12 hrs at a time with very little pain. I am now a Wellness Consultant with the Company that makes them. It's called NIKKEN. And their products do work.

Alternative Medicine

Book raises alarms about alternative medicine

Author says alternative medical industry is aggressive and largely unregulated. Ref. Source 9