Alternative Medicine
Loren A. Backhaus January 21, 1997 RECENT YEARS HAVE WITNESSED AN AMAZING ADVANCEMENT IN THE POPULARITY OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SEE THE BENEFITS OF NATURAL WAYS OF HEALING. ALSO PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN HEALTH. LET'S BEGIN WITH A DEFINITION OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. IN SIMPLEST TERMS, IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR SO CALLED "CONVENTIONAL" OR ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE. ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES DO NOT NECESSARILY REPLACE CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE, BUT COMPLEMENT OR...
