Traditional Medicine works on the theory of 'if a lot of something makes you sick, then a little of something makes you feel better'. The problem is that modern medicine doesn't cure the condition, it masks it, making you dependent on medication that often doesn't actually make *anything* better. Don't believe me - ask a friend in the medical profession. The best things modern medicine has brought us are antibiotics, pain management and surgical procedures. Alternative healing works for many people through trial and error with types and quantities. I went through traditional physical therapy for months with back pain, yet one visit to an osteopath has kept me pain free for years, and in addition he noticed I was severely deficient in certain vitamins and minerals that a blood test proved. That's quite a Placebo! Especially as I went to my own doctor three times not feeling well and having various tests done, with no answers. Because body chemistry is different for people, Alternative Medicine is not failsafe. Traditional medicine goes through so many trials, and purification processes to weed out the variants so it can be clinically proven. Some of the most popular medicines people take are derived from naturally occuring chemicals found in fungus, plants, urine or even crude oil. Where do you think the ideas for those medicines came from? You got it - alternative healers.
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Traditional Medicine works on the theory of 'if a lot of something makes you sick, then a little of something makes you feel better'. The problem is that modern medicine doesn't cure the condition, it masks it, making you dependent on medication that often doesn't actually make *anything* better. Don't believe me - ask a friend in the medical profession. The best things modern medicine has brought us are antibiotics, pain management and surgical procedures. Alternative healing works for many people through trial and error with types and quantities. I went through traditional physical therapy for months with back pain, yet one visit to an osteopath has kept me pain free for years, and in addition he noticed I was severely deficient in certain vitamins and minerals that a blood test proved. That's quite a Placebo! Especially as I went to my own doctor three times not feeling well and having various tests done, with no answers. Because body chemistry is different for people, Alternative Medicine is not failsafe. Traditional medicine goes through so many trials, and purification processes to weed out the variants so it can be clinically proven. Some of the most popular medicines people take are derived from naturally occuring chemicals found in fungus, plants, urine or even crude oil. Where do you think the ideas for those medicines came from? You got it - alternative healers.