From time immemorial, mankind has been looking for ways to quickly cure diseases. And today there are three main groups of methods used: modern, traditional and non-traditional.
Having become ill, first of all, they turn to classical doctors who write a prescription and explain the treatment regimen for a particular ailment.
But, along with medicines, they often resort to proven “grandmothers”: they make chamomile, soar their legs or eat lingonberries with honey.
And when all the methods have been tried, they turn to healers and healers. With the belief that they can help where medicine is powerless.
Classical medicine. Pros and cons
Scientifically grounded (modern) medicine, undoubtedly, has achieved a lot: surgery, resuscitation, effective ways to deal with mass epidemics and serious diseases. Inflammation of the lungs, complex fractures and appendicitis can hardly be successfully cured by traditional medicine.
However, there is a minus for every plus. And it consists in the fact that in most cases official medicine is concerned with the removal of symptoms and pain. And the patient is already satisfied that the head no longer bothers, and the acute phase of the disease has passed.
A new magic pill is popular, not good health, in which going to the doctors will become unnecessary.
Alternative medicine, its principles
Official medicine has generally accepted standards. In all institutions that train future doctors, they adhere to them. Accordingly, everything that does not fall under the standards applies to alternative medicine.
She is looking for the root cause of health problems, disorders in the body that led to the disease. In addition, in contrast to the classical principles that regard a person as a system of individual organs, an unconventional approach takes it in its entirety, and takes into account the interconnection of all organs.
ethnoscience
Traditional (traditional) medicine includes ancient, time-tested methods
treat diseases. It was to them for many centuries that they have been asked for healing. The treatment with herbs and medicinal plants is mainly used; infusions and decoctions are prepared from them.
In addition to healing drugs, prayers and conspiracies are used. Prayers are read to protect oneself from the evil spirit, and conspiracies came to us from paganism, their words are passed down from generation to generation.
Oriental folk medicine
Eastern traditions teach diseases to prevent, maintain health and thereby extend human life. The basis of philosophy is the unity of not only the spiritual and physical body, but also merging with the outside world. It is in this harmony that healers see a solution to problems.
Traditional and alternative medicine is often called alternative, it deals with treatment of a person, and not specifically a disease.
Alternative medicine. Trust or not
Adherents of alternative medicine claim that it is safe and effective. Many people believe in it. However, to abandon the classical methods of treatment is still not worth it. It is possible to jointly apply the recommendations of a doctor and the achievements of alternative medicine. This should be done with caution, since the effectiveness of most methods has been poorly studied, and clinical evidence is also lacking.
Any clinic of alternative medicine promises to get rid of all ailments, however, the patient has to seek help from such centers practically at his own risk, since there is no normative regulation of this activity.
There are frequent cases of not only disappointment, but also harm to health, especially if you get an appointment with a charlatan who recommends another miracle remedy or technique. The qualifications of such doctors are difficult to determine. Often you have to focus on patient feedback.
Whereget training
Now many centers offer to master palmistry, physiognomy, graphology, astrology - all this is alternative medicine. Training in alternative techniques is carried out in specialized educational institutions or remotely. It is believed that to master the methods and techniques of alternative medicine is much more difficult than classical, so is it worth it to trust such dubious educational institutions or not, everyone’s private affair. Unfortunately, the Institute of Alternative Medicine, at the end of which an official healer’s diploma will be issued, is still only fantastic.
Now in Russia only acupuncture and manual practice have received official recognition. You can get an additional profession if you have a special medical education. For example, only neurologists can master acupuncture.
Folk remedies of the West and East
There are many areas of alternative practice. Every year their number is growing. In order to somehow understand this diversity, they tried to classify them.
The first group includes such methods:
- acupuncture - the impact on human organs through special points on the body. These include: Su-jock, hirudotherapy, reflexology and many others;
- Ayurveda is an Indian alternative medicine. It implies a comprehensive treatment that affects the whole body and includes massage, aromatherapy and meditation. It is also necessary to adhere to a diet and use healing broths;
- traditional medicine and various healing systems - Tibetan, Vedic, Chinese;
- homeopathy - the use of ultra-low doses of drugs. A significant amount of these substances causes the disease;
- naturopathy - the method is based on the revival in a person of the ability to self-healing and healing. Trainingaccording to the rules of a healthy lifestyle, in the conditions of which the body itself will solve all problems.
Bio-electromagnetic methods of exposure to the body
In ancient China, biologically active points were discovered. These points are also called acupuncture, a total of about 700 is given. Irritating them in a certain way, it is possible to cure various ailments, as well as to prevent diseases.
Alternative medicine methods, which belong to the second group, involve exposure to biologically active points of magnetic, electric fields and biofields. Moreover, both diagnostics and treatment are carried out.
This includes:
- bioresonance therapy - stimulation of the areas of the cerebral cortex, which are responsible for a particular organ with ultra-low frequencies of electrical impulses
- electropuncture reflexology - stimulation of acupuncture points on the surface of the skin with electric pulses;
- magnetopuncture - exposure to magnetic fields, alternating or constant;
- information-active drugs - water or wellness drugs that carry the “correct” information to the body’s cells. Multifunctional drugs and have no contraindications;
- exposure to fields of stones, metals and plants.
Diet therapy
Alternative medicine uses numerous diets. Therefore, the third method includes vegetarianism, macrobiotic, fasting, all kinds of ways to detoxify the body, the use of food additives.
Also, various food systems are ranked here: according to Bragg, Shelton, Ducan, Semenova, Protasov.
Psychoenergy and the body
The ability to control the body and emotions is also alternative medicine. Treatment is carried out with the help of sensory organs and through physical movement. These are Chinese and respiratory gymnastics, music therapy, color therapy, aromatherapy, visualization technologies, religious healing, extrasensory perception.
The fourth group also includes yoga and meditation. The techniques are popular and widely known throughout the world as Indian Alternative Medicine .
Hands as the main tool in treatment
The methods that belong to the fifth group are mainly massage techniques. Traditional and alternative medicine have accumulated vast experience over a long history. Moreover, it is these methods of treatment using the hands of a doctor that are recognized by official medicine as quite effective.
This includes:
- manual therapy - special techniques performed by the doctor’s hands, with the help of which the patient’s musculoskeletal system is adjusted;
- massage - a mechanical effect on tissues: joints, muscles, skin to achieve a therapeutic effect;
- acupressure - stimulation with fingers of biologically active points;
Biologically active additives
The use of pharmacological agents also provides for alternative medicine. Treatment is carried out with the help of apitherapy, biological preparations based on funds of animal or mineral origin.
The following types of therapies belong to the sixth group:
- oxygen, is carried out for body cells that experience hypoxia;
- cell, using stem cells;
- metabolic for establishing metabolism;
- antioxidant, that is, the prevention of oxidation inside the cells of the body.
In addition, there are methods of alternative medicine that cannot be attributed to any group, for example, astrology, feng shui, psychopuncture.
Healing
Very often you can find advertisements for healers, psychics, magicians and sorcerers. They see the cause of the disease in the presence of corruption or the commission of bad acts of a person in this or past lives.
There are certain categories or levels of healing:
- healers and herbalists belong to the first level; they work only with the physical body of a person;
- the second level involves turning to the Higher Forces with a request to help;
- the third is psychics who literally see the cause of the problems;
- fourth, spiritual level, involves the impact on the root cause of misfortune.
Like it or not, it's hard to check. In most cases, the result of visiting the magician depends on the degree of faith of the patient in him.
Diagnosis of the state of the body
Traditional and alternative medicine in its arsenal has many tools and methods for both treatment and diagnosis.
Unlike official methods, an alternative study allows you to check the general condition of the body in one session and identify all the diseases and problems present.
Popular diagnostic methods are trusted by many. However, classical medicine does not recognize and apply them.
If you contact the center of alternative medicine, patients may be offered the following methods:
- Kinesiology studies the movement of human muscles. It is believed that each organ is associated with a specific muscle, determining the degree of tonus in it, you can detect a problem and get rid of it;
- iridodiagnosis examines the state of the body according to the iris of the eyes;
- auriculodiagnosis - a system that examines points on the auricle associated with organs and systems of the body;
- thermopuncture diagnostics measures temperature and sensitivity to it in the area of ​​biologically active points;
- pulse diagnosis measures the pulse and correlates its characteristics with the state of internal organs.
This is not a complete list of techniques that alternative medicine has. However, it should be understood that there is no absolute certainty in their reliability. And if they did turn to such a diagnosis, it is better to clarify the results by means and methods of official medicine.