
Complementary medicine is the use of natural therapies and medicines to restore and maintain health in addition to conventional medicine. Dating from 420 BC to the time of Hippocrates, complementary medicine is also considered a practice beyond the conventional modern medicine – naturopathy, chiropractic, Ayurvedic, homeopathy, acupuncture and other complementary medicine treatments are much in demand and continued rising.
Because our bodies are composed of chemical and physical reactions, holistic practitioners affirm that illness is not directly caused by pathogens such as viruses or bacteria, but is rather a consequence of the body’s response (in an attempt to protect and heal itself) to the pathogen. Read the rest of this entry »