南亚: 医药
Alternate Medicine Author: K.B. Nangia Order No. 51151 ISBN: 8176483370 Binding: Hardcover Publisher: APH Pub Year: 2002 Pages: 386 Language: English These are two systems of medicine-the modern western system of medicine (Allopathy) and the traditional systems of medicine which are also called 'alternative systems' like Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Acupressure, and the more recent systems like Pranic Healing, Reiki, Magnet therapy etc. Although Allopathy ranks above the other systems, it does not provide answer to many diseases which are chronic in nature, where the mechanism of the disease is not clearly known or worked out. It is comfortable with treating diseases only when it can show a direct, linear cause and effect relationship. This explains the growing disenchantment with Allopathy and growing popularity of other systems of medicine which have a more holistic approach to treating illnesses. They take into account basic elements of health namely.

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