Alternative medicine, therapies by Janine Keane

1. Alternative medicine, therapies by Janine Keane Medicine can be defined as the practice (or science) of maintaining and restoring health through study, diagnosis and treatment of patients. It can also be defined as any agent that treats a disease. Professional therapist Janine Keane says that an alternative medicine is any form of medicine that does not fit within the scientific framework of western medicine. Once a form of medicine has been proven scientifically effective, and a theory has been determined to explain in the language of western medicine why it is effective, it should no longer be considered alternative. Unfortunately some alternative treatments do not cure the disease either; however, they almost never have side effects (unless you are allergic) and are usually much more cost effective than modern pharmaceuticals. Some of the recognized alternative health therapies AKZ Management provides today are: 1. Aromatherapy - this is a very popular alternative health therapy. It is based on the concept that the body's imbalances can be corrected with the help of the inhalation of different aromas. 2. Acupuncture/ acupressure - these two therapies are combined under one head because the function under the same premise, i.e. that the body has certain nodules or pressure points, which if blocked or stimulated can be efficient in curing pain and many other serious diseases. 3. Herbal medicine - perhaps the most popular of all the alternative health available, the herbal medicine has taken the world by storm. It has proved beyond any doubt that it is extremely efficient in treating and curing many fatal diseases. The herbal treatment harnesses the awesome power of the nature for providing relief and permanent cures. 4. Homeopathy: Homeopathy was developed in the 1800's by two doctors who noticed that quinine, the only medicine capable of treated malaria, caused symptoms of malaria in healthy people who were given it. They theorized that like would cure like, so caffeine which normally causes wakefulness would be used to help someone who was not sleeping through the night, sleep better. Alexis Zargar a professional therapist also serving with Akz Management homeopathy is probably the only alternative medicine that is safe to try

2. without speaking with an expert, because the active substance is so dilute that it is not possible to over dose, or incur side effects on the amounts in the local health food store, never mind the few bottles you would keep in your home. At the same time, it is still best to consult a homeopath to be sure that what your taking will work for what you need. 5. Oriental medicine: Oriental medicine is the only form of alternative medicine that is truly comparably to western medicine as a complete system of medicine. Oriental medicine is based on several theories developed thousands of years ago and first elaborated on in the Yellow Emperor's Classic, between three and five thousand years ago. Oriental medicine includes the practices of massage, acupuncture, herbal therapy, qi gong, and several others. Tradition Chinese Medicine is a variant of oriental medicine specific to China. It is the only variant of oriental medicine the can be found with relative ease in the United States. In many parts of Asia, oriental medicine is still considered the standard of medical care and western medicine is 'alternative.'