Alternative medicine includes many various systems of healing or treating disease not taught in conventional medical curriculum.
Methods of Various Alternative Medicine
Following is a brief breakdown and description of various methods of alternative medicine treatments or alternative therapies.
Chiropractic - focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and nervous system.
Homeopathic - originated in the late eighteenth century a system of therapy based on the concept that disease can be treated with small doses of drugs thought capable of producing the same symptoms in healthy people as the disease itself.
Faith Healing - often using prayer and meditation a method wherein one makes an appeal to God or a Spirit to participate in healing others.
Chinese Herbal Medicine - uses combinations of traditional herbs to treat specific diseases.
Zcupuncture - practice of inserting needles into the body to reduce pain or induce anesthesia.
Ayurveda (Indian Medicine) - Hindu science of health and medicine.
Naturopathy - therapy based on preventative care, and on the use of heat, water, light, air, and massage.
Meditation - focusing the mind upon a sound, phrase, prayer, object, visualized image, the breath, ritualized movements.
Hypnotherapy - a combination of hypnosis and therapeutic intervention.
Herbalism - the practice of making and using herbal remedies both for treatment and prevention.
Massage Therapy - through a variety of techniques ranging form relaxation to clinical and therapeutic applications to increase range of motion and reduce stress as well as improve your circulation.
Rolfing or Deep Tissue Massage - releases chronic muscle tension through slower strokes and more direct pressure or friction applied across the grain of the muscles.
Reflexology - a therapeutic method of relieving pain by stimulating predefined pressure points on the feet and hands.
Aromatherapy - the art and science of helping living things toward wholeness and balance using the essential oils which can be extracted from plants.
Energy Therapies - treatments based on the use, modification, or manipulation of energy fields.
Bioelectromagnetic Therapies - forms of energy therapy.
Reiki - the literal Japenese definition means "universal life force energy" reiki is considered an art form that is passed on from master to student.
Laying On of Hands - where the healer uses the palms of their hands to transfer energy and health, also referred to as therapeutic touch.
Orthomolecular Medicine (based on nutrition) using vitamins, minerals, and amino acids to create optimum nutritional content and balance in the body.
As you can see, Alternative Medicine or alternative health covers a wide variety of methods of treatment and therapies.
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