Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Alternative Herbal Medicine - A Good Option?

In this day and age we have lost a lot of the trust that we used to place in the medical establishment. The number of people who have gotten sick, often with serious long-term illnesses, from overaggressive treatments with strong antibiotics is staggering.

Even in areas like cancer treatment, which are traditionally places where Western medicine is favored, many people are seeking alternative herbal medicine as a way to have hope in some of the most hopeless situations. Although there are many alternative herbal medical treatments, and some are definitely a whole lot better than the others, nonetheless it is worth trying some out before subjecting yourself to traditional medicine.

Alternative health care comes in all forms. There is Chinese medicine, such as acupuncture and Chinese herbalists. There is also a Western herbal tradition. There are even mystics who claim that they can heal you with nearly a touch.

It can be very hard to find your way through the baffling variety of alternative herbal medicine to the one think that might just work for whatever condition you suffer from, but it can be a search that is well worth your time. After all, the most important thing that you have is your health, so why not do everything in your power to protect it.

If alternative herbal medicine works and does the trick as it should, then you have everything to gain by trying. If, on the other hand, it does not work, you have not lost very much by giving it a shot. After all, what is a few hundred dollars when used in pursuit of health?

I recently underwent alternative herbal medicine treatments for a serious condition that had baffled my other doctors. I had been sick for years and years, feeling pains all over my body. Most of the doctors that I went to thought the condition was psychosomatic. Only my herbalist correctly diagnosed it.

You see, as many people in the alternative herbal medicine field told me, I had been made sick by the mainstream medical treatments I received as a child. I was given to many antibiotics, and they took a heavy toll on my system. Although I was finally made better by alternative herbal medicine, I had to go through a whole lot of suffering before that could happen. It was really a shame, and I would like to see my kids not have to go through such an ordeal themselves. That is why I intend to use alternative herbal medicine whenever possible for any health problems that they may have.