Complementary
medicine to my thinking, are modalities that complement the body and therefore
the health of the body.
It is the
option of treatments that work in harmony with the body, perhaps initiating the
body’s own healing ability or using natural remedies and not synthetic chemical
based medicines
There are a vast spectrum of therapies that would come under this umbrella.
Many people
are aware of treatments such as Aromatherapy, Reflexology, and Acupuncture. Complementary Medicine includes so many
therapies, such as Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Reiki, Kinesiology, Shiatsu,
Cranial-Sacral, Herbalism, Homeopathy, Massage, etc
Some
treatments involve direct manipulation of the body, often subtly and others
include the adding of substances such as herbalism, aromatherapy, homeopathy.
Then there are the therapies that change the resonances of the body - energy
fields or meridians, so Acupuncture, Cranial Sacral, Reiki and Crystal Therapies would come under this
Of course I have
no way exhausted the list and it is this range of therapies that is the
strength of complementary medicine, but can also lead to its criticism.
But we are
all individuals and having been a practising therapist for some years now, I
fully accept that what works wonders for one, doesn't for another. This is no
different from allopathic medicine, where there can be several pills for one condition,
one pill suits and another doesn't.
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