Shikha SaxenaOct 26·3 min read

Alternate Therapy

Things are fine and life is all good, till we encounter a roadblock, in the form of health related problems. In addition to conventional medicines and treatment there is unconventional therapy to treat many health related life problems.

According to Ancient Indian Medical System Acharya’s and Rishi- Muni’s (learned people in ancient Indian medicine), there are many reasons a person becomes unhealthy. Some of the common reasons are as follows:

1. Unhealthy food intake
2. Unhygienic conditions
3. Negativity and lack of proper education and knowledge
4. Life and Work imbalance
5. Ignoring nature or imbalance of five elements of life i.e. soil. water, sunlight, air and sky).

According to Modern Medical System following are main reasons for health imbalance:

1. Tension (leading to Depression)
2. Pollution (Impure respiratory air)
3. Constipation (Intestinal fluid imbalance)
4. Adulteration (impure food material)
5. Suppression (masking disease with medicine).

If we combine all these 10 factors of ancient and Modern medicine then we can make out that disease are all based on combination of one or more of these 10 reasons together. But then its all ultimately linked to mind.

Conventional Medical Treatments

In conventional Treatment method there is a system of medical doctors and other healthcare professionals as nurses, technician staff, pharmacist and other therapist work in a team to cure a person.

These methods are also called by different terms as Allopathic medicine, Old/ Orthodox treatment methods, Biomedicine, Western medicine and so on. It is a main stream method to treat a person by medicines, radiations, drugs and surgery.

Unconventional Medical Treatment

There are various other methods to treat a person, conventional medicine is not the only choice. These are called Alternative Medicines (AM) or Complementary Medicine (CM) or Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) or Integrative Medicine (IM).

CM may be used alone or along with conventional medicines. Following are some of the many unconventional treatment methods practiced in Asia, USA, Europe:

1. Naturopathy (Natural or Holistic Treatment)
2. Homeopathy
3. Herbal (natural animal or plant based substances as Omega 3 fatty acids, ginseng, flaxseed oil, fish oil)
4. Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture, Chinese Astrology and Numerology)
5. Ayurveda (Ancient Indian Medicine)
6. Biofield Therapy (influences energy fields around a person)
7. Bioelectromagnetic Therapy (Magnets are used to cure a person health and disease)
8. Chiropractic (Spinal cord manipulation to put pressure on nerves
9. Reiki (Supernatural healing from practitioners palm energies to unhealthy person)
10. Christian Faith Healing (Spiritual healing)
11. Behavioral Therapy
12. Psychological Therapy
13. Superstitious Folk/ Traditional healing (Tantra, Health Deity prayers)

It has been found that the combination of one or many of these along with conventional medicines increase the efficacy sometimes.

Ultimate aim; is to cure the patient which should be the final outcome. There are lots of controversies and conspiracy theories around but all the efforts are worthwhile, if patient is cured and healthy.

If one thinks that he is healthy, half of the battle is won. For rest of it, we have Conventional medicines and Unconventional Therapy to treat health related Life Problems.