Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine and holistic refers to practices that are organic and spiritual in nature. Talk to your doctor before starting treatment alternatives.
Alternative Treatments
Although some alternative therapies can be helpful as an integral part of their therapy or complementary, to date there are insufficient studies to suggest that alternative therapies can replace traditional medical therapies. Always contact your doctor about these treatments before starting any.
Herbs
An herb is a plant or part of a plant that can have therapeutic properties. Herbal supplements can be a single herb or a combination thereof.
You can get herbal treatments in your area by:
- The search for professional organizations of providers of alternative therapies with herbs at your local library, local directories or via the Information and Resource Directory online at the National Library of Medicine.
- Consultation with the state regulatory body that brings together suppliers of herbs under license. Also, your local health department may have a listing.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture involves inserting needles into specific body points. Increasingly being used more and more treatments for pain caused by cancer and as a treatment for side effects such as nausea.
