Alternative Therapies: Accupuncture

Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. The basic premise behind alternative healthcare is that our bodies use pain as a way to tell us that something is wrong. To dull the pain with medication, as is typically the course in the practice of conventional medicine does not cure the pain. The goal of physicians who practice alternative medicine is to find a cure by looking at the whole person when making a diagnosis, rather than just the symptom. Alternative medicine is based on the idea that the body is healthy and capable of healing itself. Acupuncture is an example…