A Brief History of Alternative Medicine and Its Influence by Zahari Ibrahim

The alternative medicine is known to have a long history. It would seem the therapies could be traced back to almost 5000 years. There were some countries and cultures that started practicing the alternative medicine. The right thing to say that history of alternative medicine has developed in China, India and some other countries. The Chinese were the pioneers of the Chinese traditional medicine, while India was the pioneer of the ayurvedic medicine. There was a common belief in all those started developing the alternative medicines, the belief were that the energy of the body needs to be in harmony with the body, the mind as well as the spirit of the person.

In the conventional medicine all these belief does not have any place. The conventional medication usually treats the symptoms of the disease and tries to heal the person by taking the obstacles away from the body and then heal the person. There are many therapies, which are practiced, in the alternative medicines. These therapies have been there since the history of alternative medicine. The therapies included in the medication mostly consist of certain changes in the lifestyle, preventive measures as well as self-care. Self-care is one of the important parts of the alternative medicine.

The doctors and the experts today are giving their opinion in the favor of the alternative medicine. It is with no doubt that the history of alternative medicine is very much rich and the future of these medicines are also fairly bright. Formerly there was less conventional medicine and more medicines, which were alternative and unconventional. People used the different kind of objects from the nature to treat their illness. Other than this there were different kinds of therapies. Magnetic therapy is a great instance of the alternative medicine. The magnetic therapy is used widely today.

The magnetic therapy is used to treat many kinds of sickness as well as pain and injuries. Magnetic therapy works very well to cure back pain. It has been proved that with the help of the electro magnetic field the therapy can cure back pain and other types of pain. After a long practice of the alternative medicines the conventional medicines were revealed. The medicine for diabetes, anti-inflammatory medicine, and antibiotics was discovered one by one. Other than this the surgical method started to develop as well. There were open-heart surgeries, kidney transplant, and other vaccination programs. But still the history of alternative medicine is strongly present in the minds of the people and they use it very often.