Treatments that are unconventional, or out of the ordinary, have gained so much prestige and attention that the United States government has created an office of Alternative Medicine. Researchers in this office study alternative forms of medicine in the United States and around the world
These include meditation, biofeedback, acupuncture herbal and medicine hypnotism homeopathy and chiropractic medicine. In biofeedback a medicine, is used to measure skin temperature and other responses By watching the machine a patient can learn to control muscle tension and blood pressure amazing result have come from the use of biofeedback which has been successful in treating headaches muscle pain, and even drug addiction. homeopaths treat disease by giving a patient tiny amounts a remedy that would produce symtoms similar to those of the disease in a healthy person. In Europe this treatment has been known to help patients with flu headaches and allergies. People with back and muscle pain have been going to chiropractors for years, but it is only recently that chiropractors have received any kind of respect or recognition.
Many people have lost faith in modern medicine because researchers have been unable to find cures for a variety from cancer to the common cold. Some people turn to alternative medicine out of others out desperation. What many have realized is that often one treatment picks up where another leave off one medical technique can complement another it seems likely that the future the practice of medicine will consist of a combination of approaches drawn from a variety of cultures We can hope that this approach will prove to be the best one of all