5 Types of Alternative Medicine

#1 Traditional Alternative Medicine

This field includes the more mainstream and accepted forms of therapy, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and Oriental practices. These therapies have been practiced for centuries worldwide. Traditional alternative medicine may include, Acupuncture Ayurveda HomeopathyNaturopathy and Chinese or Oriental medicine.

#2 Body Touch

This has been used in medicine since the early days of medical care. Healing by touch is based on the idea that illness or injury in one area of the body can affect all parts of the body. If, with manual manipulation, the other parts can be brought back to optimum health, the body can fully focus on healing at the site of injury or illness. Body techniques are often combined with those of the mind.

#3 Diet and Herbs

Over the centuries, man has gone from a simple diet consisting of meats, fruits, vegetables, and grains, to a diet that often consists of foods rich in fats, oils, and complex carbohydrates. Nutritional excess and deficiency have become problems in today's society, both leading to certain chronic diseases. Many dietary and herbal approaches attempt to balance the body's nutritional well-being. Dietary and herbal approaches may include dietary supplements and herbal medicine.

#4 External Energy

Some people believe external energies from objects or other sources directly affect a person's health. Examples of external energy therapy are electromagnetic therapy, Reiki and Qigong etc.

#5 The Human Mind

Therapies using the mind may include hypnosis and meditation. Find some good playlists to practice meditation here.