The Difference in Alternative Health
The traditional Western ways in medical treatment is to find out the symptoms and match them to a disease name then offer the corresponding treatment for that disease. However, the alternative health approach will employ upon systematic conditions which will try to find out the root cause of the problems and attempt to rectify it. The practitioner of this kind will have an open mind and try to research beyond the symptoms to figure out the roots and causes. For example in Chinese medicine they utilize 'patterns' for diagnosis and treatment. If you are ill a Western diagnosis will depend on the signs and symptoms you are presenting with, however the Chinese medicine practitioner will come up with a diagnosis based on how you got ill, the factors that allowed you to get ill, and your signs and symptoms. In other words this is how we talk about alternative health being Holistic or looking at the whole body-wholism. Alternative health can be the best treatment method for many il...