Alternative Medicine was used by ancient Chinese, Egyptians and many other ancient Civilizations. Proofing to be effective at the time, Alternative medicine has been evolving and maturing throughout the time thus gaining popularity. Since the beginning of the 19th Century, the use of alternative medicine has been growing for treating asthma and other allergic diseases. Whether alternative medicine is as good as Conventional Traditional medicine or not is a highly controversial issue. This is supported by Niggemann and Grüber (2003) when saying “Alternative Medicine can no longer be ignored by academia”. Nowadays alternative medicine is compared equally with conventional traditional medicine. In Fact it maybe even better because it does not require a lot of research. It cannot be overdosed, and it barely has side effects.
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(1998) some alternative medicine advocates argue that many alternative therapies cannot be subjected to the standard scientific method; thus, to support its effectiveness and justify its continued use it must rely on anecdotes, beliefs, theories, testimonials and opinions. On one hand, as stated that alternative medicine lacks research; thus, making it not well evidence based and cannot be scientifically proven; however, on the other hand this is not the case at all. Alternative medicine does not lack research it just requires less research than that of conventional traditional medicine, leading to a confusion about their existence or not. Based on Phil et al. (1998) “Alternative medicine therapies that are used by millions of patients every day and that generate billions of dollars in health care expenditures each year, the lack of convincing and compelling evidence on efficacy, safety and outcomes is unacceptable” alternative medicine is highly effective and has great outcomes on patients, so as long as it gets the job done why bother
(1998) some alternative medicine advocates argue that many alternative therapies cannot be subjected to the standard scientific method; thus, to support its effectiveness and justify its continued use it must rely on anecdotes, beliefs, theories, testimonials and opinions. On one hand, as stated that alternative medicine lacks research; thus, making it not well evidence based and cannot be scientifically proven; however, on the other hand this is not the case at all. Alternative medicine does not lack research it just requires less research than that of conventional traditional medicine, leading to a confusion about their existence or not. Based on Phil et al. (1998) “Alternative medicine therapies that are used by millions of patients every day and that generate billions of dollars in health care expenditures each year, the lack of convincing and compelling evidence on efficacy, safety and outcomes is unacceptable” alternative medicine is highly effective and has great outcomes on patients, so as long as it gets the job done why bother