Views are little ambivalent when it comes to alternative medicines. Reason for that is alternative medicine is very broad spectrum. Because of half a dozen varieties it is difficult to understand what really defines alternative medicine.
Alternative medicine or alternative treatment includes herbal remedies, acupressure or puncture, homeopathy, chiropractics etc. So experts classify medicine in two categories, one traditional medicine; second rest. Traditional treatment is evidence based with scientific back ground. Alternative medicine falls into 'rest category'.
One would definitely have got question in their mind on why do alternative medicines work? What is the reason of the success where as it does not have scientifically proven method? Some experts answer these questions with 'Placebo effects'. Placebo is treatment which does not have any effects. In clinical trial placebo concept is used to prove effects of real treatment by comparing results of placebo medicine.
People who oppose alternative medicine give example of recent proven-scam of PowerBalance bracelet. The bracelet was claimed to have increased positive strength and brought balance in one's life. The effects were supposedly caused by so called new holographic technology.
But the product eventually found to be not working when tested. Manufacturer company also confessed to falsifying about the effects of bracelet.
While on other hand, alternative medicine like Homeopathy has been found effective in treating many ailments such as hair loss (less effective than Minoxidil). But nobody has been able to explain its working mechanism. Only fact that has been proven about homeopathy is promising result can be obtained when medicine is administered with extremely diluted form. More dilution more powerful result that too with zero side effects.
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