According to statistics people are getting back to old ways of everything even in ways of curing diseases using Alternative medicine which is considered as a practice that has the healing effect of medicine and it has a wide range of health care practices, products and therapies . On the other hand , opponents think that traditional medicine practice's are based on theories , beliefs and experiences in diagnosing a diseases .Between these two sides which is better and more effective ? Both of them actually are ways of curing , alternative medicine focuses on the 100 percent safety while traditional medicine medicine concern about the effectiveness and the results. Proponents of alternative medicine believe that it is more effective
Karen J. Sherman stated “I don’t really think you can come up with a great placebo needling”. In this case, the researchers used toothpicks to compared inserted needles by pressing the toothpick on the acupuncture pressure points, and concluded that the treatment is successful. However, Dr. Sherman questioned whether or not acupuncture can control the human body. The thing is that several traditional acupuncturists do consider acupuncture a genuine medical treatment. The main idea in their opinion is to target the right point and not essentially on how deep you place the needle.
There is a very typical decision for a cancer patient to decide the treatment for cancer because chemotherapy and radiotherapy is having lot of side effects while homeopathy dosen’t have any this type of side effects (25). 1.3 Natropathy: Natropathy is a treatment system which prevented or treated diseases without any conventional medicines but with the help of various technique like control of diet, massage, exercise, movement, nutrition and manipulation of body.. Natropathy advise natural therapies that can enhance the effectiveness of conventional medication, improve the immune system, and can slow the tumor growth. Natropathy also reduce the chances of insulin and inflammation resistance due to the conventional medication (30). The basic of Natropathy is its belief that body will recover, repair and relief from the problem when simply a healthy enviroment is created inside the body. Natropathy is having lot of medication such as mistletoe, red clover, saw palmetto, wheat grass and flax seed oil, project with other complementary medicine (Bazrrie R. Cassileth and Gary Deng.,
A culture is, “Patterns or behaviors that are common to a group,” (Wiley &Allen p. 7). Western industrialized societies such as the United States, see disease as a result of natural scientific phenomena, promote medical treatments that battle microorganisms or use complex technology to diagnose and treat these diseases. Other societies believe that illness is because of spiritual interventions that counter the disfavor of powerful forces. These thought differences are what separates cultures, and the reason behind the lack of ability to achieve health. An example of these types of “spiritual intervention method” is the world practice of the indigenous healing systems.
Complementary medicine is a range of therapies that do not utilize scientific medicine, but can be used alongside with it, where as alternative medicine is used in place of scientific medicine. Complementary and alternative medicine can be used together and is known as CAM. CAM is, “a broad range of modalities outside the traditional Western medicine approach to care” (Ritter & Graham, 68). Some examples of CAM can include acupuncture, yoga, and herbal medicine. Within recent years there has been a rise in the use of CAM.
From the past centuries the practice of traditional medicines has been passed on to generations without a parallel development of international standards and appropriate methods for evaluation. In the light of the current strict pharmaceutical era, scientific research is needed to provide proper evidence of its safety and efficacy. Voluminous expansion in the use of traditional medicine has eventually raised the safety, efficacy and quality concerns for both health authorities and the public. Traditional medicine with proven quality, safety and efficacy will eventually contribute to the goal of ensuring health care assess to whole population. Many countries now recognize the need to develop a cohesive and integrative approach to access traditional and complementary medicine in a trustworthy and cost effective manner
Some of the authors claim that Medical Pluralism implies the choice of the people, but I would like to view medical pluralism as not the choice of the patients rather the lack of resources and practitioners in the biomedicine. After 1960s Health has become one of the important concerns all over the world. One of the important mottos of the Alma ata conference which was conducted in 1978 was ‘Health for all by 2000’. Thus health became one of the major socio economic issue and being treated as the basic human right. But there were limited resources in terms of availability and accessibility
This could be seen as another argument of modern medicine over natural ways. The convenience lovers want modern magic and supplements to provide the quick and easy ways to lose weight without the need for strenuous pumping iron or crippling diets. The herbalists would say it’s all in the diet and nothing form a lab will ever be any good. Hopefully you may have come to the conclusion already that we should exercise a little bit of both in our answer. One cannot work without the other.
The biggest disadvantage of Big Data is the lack of privacy, specifically on trusted medical records. To be effective and get the entire picture of a patient, Big Data must have access to everything. Technology minimizes individual privacy, according to Big Data experts. Moreover, Big Data allows doctors to observer a patient’s health from everywhere. Furthermore, there are some people that they see the ability of forsee future medical problems as positive, but Big Data can be seen as replacing doctors.
They could be a combination of or just one plant to address a common ailment. The herbal preparations are being examined by the BFAD and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through laboratory analysis. However, these herbs were not used in experiments; thus, they received the tag “No Approved Therapeutic Claim.” Nonetheless, people still insist to buy them because of the many testimonies of sick people who were cured with their use. These herbal preparations are combined from two to even 100 herbal plants mixed into one. Some available preparations in the market can cure diabetes, even cancer, incidence of dengue fever and many more.