Alternative therapies

While thinking of natural birthing instantly brings labour pains to mind, doctors today are eagerly turning to alternative therapies to ensure a painless natural birthing process, devoid of all pain killing medication. 

Menopause is a natural state in the life of a woman when her body stops the generation of certain hormones. Its common symptoms include night sweats, weight gain, mood swings, forgetfulness and insomnia.

Polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS is a very common disorder found in women. It affects not only reproductive ability, monthly cycles but also their general appearance. Surprisingly, not much is known of the causes of this problem. However, alternative therapies provide some effective cures for the disease.

While the world is held in awe and panic is building up by the day, people are ready to try out just about anything and everything to either keep the flu at bay. Some innovative entrepreneurial minds have grabbed this God sent opportunity to propagate the healing effects of alternative therapies like yoga, homeopathy, ayurveda etc.

Reacting to the news that Americans spend $34 billion dollars a year on alternative medicines, Jonathan Evans of the Herbarium said he was not surprised. In an interview to 22News, he  aptly attributed the reason for the phenomenal rise in popularity of parallel medicine to its cost effectiveness.

One of the world's most famous thinkers, Simon Singh, a best-selling author and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, says homeopathy doesn’t work and remedies-based on it shouldn’t be put for sale along with other treatments.