| Complementary and Alternative Medicine or
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| | time-tested, natural remedies, hands-on
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| CAM are diagnostic or therapeutic
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| | treatments to help enable the body's own
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| techniques that are outside the
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| | innate powers to do the healing,
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| mainstream of Western medicine.
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| | alternative medicine requires the patient
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| Alternative medicine is used in place of
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| | to take a highly active part in healing
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| conventional medicine while complementary
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| | their own body including prevention and
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| medicine is used along with conventional
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| | treatment. Complementary Medicine is
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| medicine though some of the treatments
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| | sometimes used by "conventional" medical
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| methods are the same. Although most
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| | practitioners as an add on to
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| people utilize mainstream medicine for
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| | "conventional" medical treatments such as
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| diagnosis and basic information, many are
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| | drugs and surgery. Complementary
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| now turning to alternatives for what they
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| | therapies are used to improve wellness,
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| believe to be total body health-enhancing
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| | prevent disease or treat health problems
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| measures. CAM is very popular with people
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| | but the most popular and prevalent use
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| who are terminally ill and has also been
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| | remains pain control. Included in
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| used on animals. There have also been
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| | complementary medicine are a large number
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| sufficient instances of "inexplicable"
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| | of practices and systems of health care
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| extension of life and other significant
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| | like acupuncture, homeopathy,
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| health benefits for people who have
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| | aromatherapy, osteopathy, reflexology and
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| pursued these options that the Western
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| | chiropractic that for many reasons have
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| health systems are now seriously starting
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| | not been fully adopted by mainstream
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| to further assess these systems.
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| | medicine. Complementary medicine also
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| Alternative medicine is a fairly broad
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| | includes dietary and nutritional
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| term which covers many different methods
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| | therapies such as macrobiotics,
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| of treatment such as acupuncture,
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| | vegetarianism, and orthomolecular
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| homeopathy, Chinese herbal medicine,
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| | medicine. Although CAM is starting to
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| Ayurvedic and more. Therapies such as
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| | gain popularity in the West, most
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| biofeedback, massage, and exercise are
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| | clinical research by the health care
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| also considered alternative medicine.
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| | industry continues to focus on the
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| Alternative medicine includes various
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| | success of each single modality or
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| systems of healing or treating disease
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| | therapy within these systems. This is
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| such as chiropractic, homeopathy, and
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| | unfortunate as CAM is generally based on
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| faith healing. Alternative medicine is a
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| | the belief that you need to,
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| comprehensive approach to healing that
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| | simultaneously, treat the whole person -
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| uses natural methods to bring physical,
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| | body, mind, and spirit - which can
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| mental, emotional, and spiritual harmony.
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| | include the use of many therapies at the
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| Alternative medicine systems believe body
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| | same time.
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| has a network of channels (meridians)
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| | Ann is a home based business entrepreneur
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| that carry a subtle form of life energy.
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| | who researches popular topics and reviews
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| Since it uses a holistic approach and
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| | many internet products.
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