Have you ever wondered “why is alternative medicine so popular”?  If so, read on and let me tell you why………

Alternative Medicine
To Use or Not to Use, That is The Question!

Bleary eyed you look at the clock, dismayed to see it’s five thirty in the morning.  In just over an hour your alarm is due to go off.  You’ve just spent another night sitting up in bed because your acid indigestion is playing havoc. 

Every time you try to lie down last nights meal keeps popping up to say hello, but this time its brought along a friend to say hi too.  Only this friend is the acid from your stomach and he’s not too friendly.

After another sleepless night you finally decide enough is enough.  You can’t keep functioning on lost sleep and if you don’t stop being cranky at work your boss may give you the opportunity of getting more rest by showing you the door – permanently!

A Trip to The Doctor’s Office

So you make the phone call and book an appointment to see your Doctor the next day.

Fast forward to you sitting in your Doctors office.  He’s a busy guy – there’s a waiting room full of sick patients and after a quick hello he gets down to the business of finding out what’s wrong with you.  He asks you several questions, gives you a physical check and then declares that you are suffering from gastroesophogeal reflux. Or in other words, what you already felt you knew, in other words, a bad case of heartburn.

So with baited breath you wait for the solution.  Only to find that your Doctor sends you away with these words ringing in your ear - there’s no cure, here’s a prescription, take this medication for the rest of your life.

Well at least you now know what you’re suffering from!

So off you go with prescription in hand.  And for a time this seems to work.  But then you notice your acid reflux symptoms seem to be getting worse again.  So its back to the Doctor and this time you come out with an even stronger dose of your medicine to try and keep the symptoms at bay. 

You are starting to get fed up with this reliance on medication and what’s worse you seem to be getting bouts of diarrhoea.  And when you read the leaflet that comes with your medicine it looks like that could be what’s causing it.

So back to your Doctor you go.  But the news isn’t very reassuring.  Yes the medicine can cause diarrhoea for a few unlucky patients.  He suggests you could try lowering your dose but your reflux will probably get worse.  

And if things get a lot worse there is always the option of surgery.  You shudder at the thought, especially when you hear that there’s no guarantee of success. 

So what now?

Your Doctor has done everything he can and conventional medicine just can’t offer a cure.  He does give you some good advice on looking at your diet, losing a few pounds and exercising more.  But you are still stuck with a lifetime dependency on drugs and living with the side effects that go with them.

This is when many people start to wonder …

Is there is a better way?

Well yes there is and this is when alternative medicine and alternative therapies can save the day.

The trouble with conventional approaches to health is that although great at diagnosing a problem, their solution tends to be drug therapy or surgery.  Now I’m not suggesting that Doctors and modern medicine don’t do a fantastic job.  In many cases they are lifesavers. 

In fact picture this, if you were suffering a heart attack would you rather be in A&E or having your feet massaged by a Reflexologist! 

However many of the conditions we suffer from are not necessarily immediately life threatening, but they are often chronic.   So if heartburn is not the ailment you suffer from, I can bet you have something else like a bad back, stiff neck, arthritis, headaches, lethargy, sleepless nights or one of the many other problems that seems to be a lost cause for you and your Doctor.

Alternative Medicine – A More Gentle Holistic
Approach for Success

One of the great things about choosing alternative treatments to deal with your chronic issues is they often provide a long term solution to your issue without the reliance on a lifetime worth of medication.

The philosophy behind pretty much every alternative medicine and alternative therapy is that they look at bringing the body into balance in a holistic way.  In other words unlike western medicine, the focus isn’t on the disease.  Instead the treatment realigns the whole body to allow healing to take place. 

Alternative Health Practitioners will address your issue, but not in isolation.  Health is about mind, body and spirit and alternative medicine provides the holistic approach to bring all these back into balance. 

Balance, Harmony & All Round Radiant Health

The great thing about most alternative practices is that the side effects of getting your presenting problem seen to, results in many other problems melting away.  Its not unusual for someone who has seen an alternative therapist for a knee problem to realise that their quality of sleep has suddenly got much better.

And because you start to look at your health from many different aspects you start to learn how to create good overall health, rather than just dealing with problems as they show up! 

You also realise that the when your health isn’t as good as it should be, its your body giving you a sign that you need to look at what’s causing the imbalance, rather than just popping an over the counter medication.  Becoming in tune with your body means health issues are addressed before they become a major problem.

So if you are looking at a more gentle way of dealing with your health issues, an alternative approach to health could be just what the Doctor ordered!

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