Homeopaths treat disease by giving a patient tiny amounts of a remedy that would produce symptoms 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 year, but it is 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 of problems, from cancer to the common cold. Some people turn to alternative medicine out of curiosity, other out of desperation. What many have realized is that often one treatment picks up where another leaves off. One medicine technique can complement another. It seems likely that in 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.