By Aaron E. Carroll — 2015
As long as you can prove that it works, it doesn’t matter what you call it.
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Integrative medicine pairs Western, or conventional, medicine with other treatments to care for your mind, body, and spirit.
Integrative medicine, which focuses on caring for the whole human being—body, mind, spirit, and community, not just flesh, bones, and organs—is steadily becoming a desirable and logical option for many people.
Disillusioned by decades of disease-focused medicine, more doctors and patients are now shifting their focus to whole-person health.
Numerous surveys have confirmed that people seeking homeopathic treatment tend to be more educated than those who don't. What isn't known is that it's the leading alternative treatment used by Europeans.
I grew up midway between Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas on a sheep & crop farm with 500 head of Western range ewes. We kids did the majority of sheep chores during the winter lambing months, before the ewes went out to winter wheat pasture.
In some countries outside the United States, homeopathic remedies are the first line of defense against ailment, from the common cold to bruising to muscle pain.
Homeopathic medicine, or homeopathy, is a form of complementary and alternative medicine that uses very small amounts of natural substances, which in higher amounts may cause a disease or symptom.
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On a blustery Friday night in 2009, I received a call from my doctor’s office at 10 o’clock. The on-call physician beseeched me to go to emergency room, but informed me that I could not drive myself: I either had to take a cab or have a loved one take me.