Family Doctor 2007 - (Page 48) feeling great ALTERNATIVES Traditional Chinese medicine is based on your energy flow, or “chi.” ‘The herbalist will see you now’ “Eye of newt” and “toe of frog” conjure up images of witches and magic potions. Yet many of today’s complementary and alternative therapies can seem just as odd. Stranger yet — some of them work! By Cindy Borgmeyer C omplementary and alternative medicine. You probably know someone who’s searching outside conventional medicine for healing, health and wellbeing. Perhaps your neighbor claims the seemingly noxious weeds in his garden are really ingredients in his outdoor pharmacy. As he rattles off plants and their arcane uses, you can’t help but ponder: Is there anything to this stuff? To find out, start with a few basics. What’s in a name? A rose by any other name may be a rose, but the same can’t be said for alternative versus complementary medicine. Perhaps the most helpful way to think about alternative therapies is that they’re used in place of conventional medicine. Complementary medicine means using such practices in addition to accepted Western or mainstream medical interventions. Your http://www.keppra.com http://www.keppra.com
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