Alternative medicine has fascinated me primarily because it serves people with unorthodox ways of dealing with various illnesses. I don't know about you, but I think its amazing that we have more health care options than just the traditional drugs and doctors we have been so accustomed to see.
According to a recent article from the Associated Press, a university in New Mexico New Mexico is expanding its treatment options to include and "Native American healers and Mexican curanderas" in their repertoire of health care practitioners along with other alternative methods such as Chinese medicine as well as the Ayurveda, a form of holistic medicine which originated in India. Practitioners in the university also "work with yoga instructors, doctors of Oriental medicine or hypnotherapist". The center's director, Dr. Arti Prasad said that the newly incorporated alternative, holistic medicine methods date back to a thousand years and are mainly preventive in nature.
I believe alternative medicine is a good step in improving our health care system because it expands the range of choices for people looking to take care of their health. They may not be as tested and tried by many people, but that does not necessarily mean it is inferior and ineffective to modern medicine. I leave you with a quick anecdotal example. My anthropology professor told us about her cancer a few years ago, which doctors considered to be deadly and aggressive. As a half Native American, she decided to try to search for a cure amongst her people. She was brought to a "sweat ceremony", and a few weeks later she had a check up. To her and her doctor's surprise, all signs of cancer were gone. Was that the result of Native American healing? She believes it is.
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