The Great Debate Between Western And Alternative Medicine

Today, most Americans live an overly complicated life. There’s too much pressure to live up to, and not enough time. Add to that a schedule that’s jam-packed with work, family life and unpredictable everyday stressors, it’s no wonder it is easy to get run down and eventually, sick.

Adding to that stress, once someone finds themselves sick, comes a decision that many people are facing. Which path does one take to wellness…the western medical approach or the alternative avenue?

The answer to which type of medicine one is more likely to seek can be found in how people perceive their individual worlds. Not so simply, it boils down to spirit vs. science. A more spirit-based individual will look for a holistic approach to health, as alternative medicine treats body, mind, spirit and emotions wholly. A more scientific-centric individual will trust western medicine and the many21st-century, technology-based advances that have been forged through these type of treatments.

Comparing both western and alternative medicine, there’s benefits and drawbacks to both.

Looking deeper into alternative medicine, Livestrong.com notes that rather than determining which genes are responsible, the practitioner considers how individuals contribute to their health through individual beliefs and lifestyle choices. While this burden of responsibility can be difficult for a patient to accept, this individualized view of health care also assumes the patient has the power to cope, rehabilitate, adapt and recover. Alternative medicine offers that ability to heal the entire body during treatments and at home without the use of standardized medication.

COMENT:

This news was posted on November 15, 2012, in the newspaper The Mirror by Alexander Evans.

 This piece of news shows how people live burdened, and the only consequence is stress and disease. In each disease, people face to it in different ways. Some people who are more liberal, adopt alternative medicine as his based of his lifestyle and adapts to them. Other people are suspicious of any method outside and away from traditional medicine, adopted by the most traditional, which tend to go to hospitals, traditional medicine and chemistry. Both options are correct, and that will influence each person in different ways, if your think that alternative medicine will cure you it is more likely to happen because as Crick Williams said the power is in the mind, which leads us and modify our behavior.

Personally I agree with the author of the story, because our attitude to medicine, can be very crucial to their effectiveness. In my point of view I think a combination of both medicines is great, and it helps people in two ways: through science, research and scientifically and by proven the balance, peace, stress which caused the most of humans problems. But most importantly, we must be in favor of the treatment adopted, and that a good attitude will help us to improve our recovery.