Alternative medicine?!
Question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of alternative medicine?
Answers: What are the advantages and disadvantages of alternative medicine?
The advantages of natural remedies are that in most cases you get no side effects and the disadvantages are that often you need several together as they often act much slower than prescription medication.
The advantages of prescription medication are that in most cases it acts much faster than natural remedies and the disadvantages are that you often get side effects and some of these side effects can be quite dreadful.
Disadvantage: It's not scientifically tested. This means there's a chance that it's just not effective. Also - Most alternative medicines are not covered by health insurance.
Advantage: Many types - like accupuncture - seem to work. People like them. It makes you feel like you're doing something. And fewer side effects than drugs from western med.
Advantage: Little to no side effects.
Disadvantage: Little to no benefit.
Many of the alternatives actually heal the issues at hand where as medical insurances many ,do not cover .
Advantage: Alternative treatments treat the actual illness/condition, rather than mitigating/covering up the symptoms, or creating a new problem via drug side affects.
Disadvantage: Not covered by insurance, and being fought tooth and nail by the pharmaceutical/medical industries and HMOs to protect their profit margins.
advantages: non-invasive, no side effects, treats the issue--not the symptoms.
disadvantages: not covered by most insurance companies, no instant-gratification like an antibiotic--may take awhile to see results.
There are no disadvantages to Alternative-medicine, I am 69 years of young [going on 39 yrs.] & play Golf 3-4 times a week, & have not been to a Doctor or had a Cold for at least 12 years, since I started using Alternative-therapies. A good place to start to check out some remedies is:- www.DoctorYourself.com I have also cured my Prostrate problem with Herbs & Vitamins & Minerals, & the Medicos wanted to remove it. Diet is the big thing, as they say, "You are what you eat" Keep well, robertringin.
chemicals are the biggest reason for going natural the negatives are the solutions work slower i'm for patients and being chemical free