traditional medicine homeopathy herbal medicinetruth! sick of being sick?- http://thespottydogg.com/review/traditional-medicine/ traditional medicine (also known as indigenous or folk medicine) comprises knowledgesystems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. the world health organization(who) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practicesbased on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenousto different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of healthas well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mentalillness.
homeopathy is a form of alternative medicinecreated in 1796 by samuel hahnemann based on his doctrine of like cures like (similiasimilibus curentur), whereby a substance that causes the symptoms of a diseasein healthy people will cure similar symptoms in sick people. homeopathy is a pseudoscience,a system that asserts itself to be a set of scientific doctrines but thatis not effective for any condition. large-scale studies have found homeopathic preparationsto be no more effective than a placebo, suggesting that positive feelingsafter taking homeopathic medicines are due to the placebo effect and normal recoveryfrom illness.
herbalism ("herbology" or "herbal medicine")is use of plants for medicinal purposes, and the study of such use. plants have been thebasis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditionalmedicine is still widely practiced today. modern medicine recognizes herbalism as aform of alternative medicine, as the practice of herbalism is not strictlybased on evidence gathered using the scientific method. modern medicine, does, however, makeuse of many plant-derived compounds as the basis for evidence-tested pharmaceuticaldrugs, and phytotherapy works to apply modern standards of effectiveness testing to
herbs and medicines that are derived from natural sources. thescope of herbal medicine is sometimes extended to include fungal and bee products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts. are you sick
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