Alternative medicine is the term used for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care. Examples of alternative practices include homeopathy, traditional medicine, chiropractic and acupuncture. Yes, alternative medicines also have side effects on human health. Please see the following RG links.

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All medicines have side effects but which is safer is usually the question. Recently, interest is being channeled to alternative medicines. With proper regulation, I think there are huge prospects. Our project provided a complet coverage and invite you to join us for new project.

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herbal medicine is oldest one and lost its value after effectiveness of english medicine

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Alternative medicine includes the whole gamut of practices of medicines such as acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, and some obscure traditional (magical, air bending) practices not normally included in standard western practice of medicine as we know it. Each practice has its on side effects such as possibility of infection, chemical, neoplastic, traumatic or psychosocial damage of organs, the body or mind. It is foolhardy to believe that alternative medical practices have no side effects.

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The tradeoff between reductionism and holism is apparent in alternate medicine. Most alternate medicine systems such as Ayurveda, Unani, Sidha, and Acupuncture are considered holistic while Modern medicine is reductionist.

Reductionism seeks the explanation of the whole by looking at the the component parts and studying their relationships through experiments, eliminating the requirement of assumptions on extra forces such as divinity, consciousness, and vital force. Reductionist thinking and methods are the bases for most well-developed areas of modern science. Modern medicine has developed to the present level through studies based on reductionist approaches.

The rejection of reductionist ideas is called holism. Contrary to reductionism, holism inquires about a whole system by probing the system as a whole in its entirety instead of dismantling it and studying the parts. Because alternate medicine systems cannot be explained based on reductionist experiments, it requires the help of assumptions such as Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.

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It is necessary to take a more holistic look on the health of the living human body; the work of the attached foundation (pdf) has done pioneering research. Alternative, in this medical understanding, is an approach to multi-level healing of illnesses and diseases. With the coming of medical exponentiality/exponential medicine, such a multiple form of medical healing is technically and humanistically in reach (next 20-30 years). The economic model of profiteering from disease is already outdated, because the economic costs outperform medical success.

Alternative medicine is the use and promotion of practices which are unproven, disproven, impossible to prove, or excessively harmful in relation to their effect — in the attempt to achieve the healing effects of medicine. They differ from experimental medicine in that the latter employs responsible investigation, and accepts results that show it to be ineffective. The scientific consensus is that alternative therapies either do not, or cannot, work. In some cases laws of nature are violated by their basic claims; in some the treatment is so much worse that its use is unethical. Alternative practices, products, and therapies range from only ineffective to having known harmful and toxic effects.

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It consists of herbal medicine.

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I think the herb is safe

Thank you very much, Noor Sabah for your interesting answer. I agree with you that herbal medicines are safer than chemical medicines regardless of the fact that some herbal medicines have some side effects. They should be carefully taken under the supervision of a physician.

Herbal medicines can have dangerous side effects, research reveals that

They can cause kidney or liver damage, and are sometimes adulterated with steroids, pesticides, antibiotics or harmful metals

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Hazim.

Dear Hazim

It depends. If we use natural substances that have pro-health properties, it should not have side effects. An example may be herbs and spices containing, for example, polyphenols.

Alternative medicine refers to medicines that are alternatives to the conventional western medicine. Homeopathic, ayurvedic and other medicines native to different ethnic groups qualify for being called alternate medicine. In addition, healthy practices such as yoga, meditation and otehr exercise type regimen along with eating whole food (natural, organic) complement alternative medicine approaches.

Many people choose complementary or alternative therapies because they think there are no harmful side effects from them. This is not always true