Alternative health involves the using of medicines that doesn’t fall in the category of traditional medicines. The alternative medicines are generally based upon the cultural and historical traditions rather than any sort of modern scientific evidences. These medicines which are used for alternative health are mostly grouped under integrative or complementary medicines.
Alternate health therapies provide a lot of advantages and they are also capable of curing many problems which aren’t cured by the traditional medicines. The alternate health therapies include the following therapies such as Massage, Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Chiropractic, Reflexology, Herbology, Iridology, and Osteopathy.
Some of the alternative medications such as yoga help in changing the outlook towards life. They have been a good companion for patients who are left out of the conventional medications as they had failed to cure their diseases.
The advantages or the benefits of the alternate health are as follows:
 Treatments can be given at a low cost,
 Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Exercise and Herbal remedies gives the patients a choice of non-invasive natural health.
 Helps to keep unnatural substances out of the body.
 Eliminates the chances of getting addicted to prescription drugs,
 Antibiotics which kill the immune system and lead to bigger problems aren’t included in the alternate health therapies,
 Makes the patient proactive,
 Almost no sort of side effects.
It has been estimated by the United States that about 225k deaths happen per year because of the following errors:
o Unnecessary surgery,
o Medication errors in hospitals,
o Other errors in hospitals,
o Non-error adverse effects of medications,
o Nosocomial infections in hospitals.
Adverse effects which are linked with the discomfort and disability aren’t considered while taking that above mentioned estimations. These deaths can be reduced or even eliminated if alternative health therapies are followed.

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