Introduction
Orthodox medicine is dominant among suppliers with a narrow choice; on the contrary, alternative medicine is a market offering a wide and varied selection. But the difference between alternative and Orthodox medicine is quite clear, and Orthodox medicine is based on a scientific study of disease processes (or is working to achieve this goal), while alternative medical systems have unscientific approaches based on spiritual, mystical, or other intuitive understanding. But a lot of Orthodox medicine is also not based on evidence.
Orthodoxy
Orthodox medicine seeks to correct or restore, and not to support. Orthodox doctors do invaluable work in their field of knowledge, as well as holistic practitioners. Orthodox medicine is well-organized, incredibly well-funded, and fully in control of the media due to the huge amount of advertising dollars spent by the pharmaceutical industry AKA Big Pharma.
Orthodox medicine is dominant among suppliers with limited choices; on the contrary, alternative medicine is a market offering a wide and varied selection. Orthodox medicine is reminiscent of a very limited, but nutritionally balanced diet; Alternative treatments resemble an endless feast of spiking and mixing, from which the consumer chooses what they like, tastes it, and then decides if there is more or try something else. Orthodox medicine has evolved from its fundamental principles into a model that today is based on caring for the disease. Orthodox medicine treats the body (human) in isolated parts and believes that it has the strength and knowledge to fix the innate (natural) system, interfering with its normal homeostasis (balance of the whole body) using powerful artificial chemicals. Orthodox medicine has never been a model of health.
Alternative medicine
On the other hand, alternative medicine is very poorly organized, equally poorly funded, scattered and cruelly persecuted by Orthodox medicine. Alternative practitioners can learn homeopathy, herbalism, kinesiology, electrotherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, bodywork, iridology, klematiki, gem therapy, elektromagnetoterapiyu, color therapy, nutritional therapy, naturopathy, acupuncture, stress, counseling, and so on. D. Alternative medicine combines well with some of the dominant attributes of modern society, since it is characterized by a constant generation of choice and depends on the media. information dissemination.
Conclusion
Since the goal of Orthodox medicine is simply the elimination of the symptoms of the disease, rather than the achievement of an optimal state of health, the elimination of the symptoms becomes an end in itself, and not a means of identifying and correcting the underlying cause of the disease. The direction in which Orthodox medicine is developing is quite obvious. First, if Orthodox medicine begins to take responsibility for the treatment of lifestyle diseases, then it should stop the interventionist approach and use the traditional caring and supportive approach of holistic medicine.
While Orthodox medicine is clearly superior to holistic medicine to treat serious injuries and acute or life-threatening diseases, holistic medicine with its fundamentally supportive nature and its ability to recognize the importance of nutrition is much more effective when it comes to improving healing and preventing further illness in the future. . Exact diagnosis and a high level of cooperation between alternative medicine and Orthodox medicine are particularly desirable in this area.
