Classification and significance of alternative therapy

Substitution therapy contains a wide range of contents, including not only traditional medicine and folk therapy around the world, but also many new therapies that cannot be applied to medical insurance. Judging from the proportion of the population, few people actually enjoy the benefits of modern western medicine. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, 65% ~ 80% of the health services in the world are classified as "traditional medicine", that is to say, when these traditional medicines are used in western society, they will also be regarded as alternative therapies.

Specifically, replacement therapy includes Chinese medicine (Chinese medicine, acupuncture, shiatsu, Qigong), Indian medicine, immunotherapy (lymphocyte therapy) and so on. ), effective food, health food (anti-acidification food group, immune activation food, various preventive auxiliary foods, etc. ), aromatherapy, vitamin therapy, dietotherapy, psychotherapy, hot spring therapy, oxygen therapy, etc. Indeed, it contains some unscientific contents, which may be unacceptable to western medicine. However, we have to admit the fact that therapies with scientifically proven mechanisms and effectiveness are increasing rapidly recently. The FDA of the United States recognizes acupuncture needles as medical devices and Chinese medicine as an "independent and complete medical system", which shows that alternative therapy is strongly impacting and supplementing modern western medicine.

Generally speaking, most replacement therapies are less toxic and less corrosive to patients' bodies. Especially for those patients who are difficult to treat by western medicine, it is undoubtedly good news. Moreover, substitution therapy will make great contributions to solving medical problems such as side effects of drugs, environmental pollution, economic problems, doctor's credit crisis and improving the overall quality of medical care.

Substitution therapy provides patients with more beneficial choices and opens up a broader road to rehabilitation paradise. Of course, we should also avoid those foolish practices that completely deny modern western medicine, advocate supernatural therapy without scientific basis and try to return to primitive society.