Nowadays, more and more technology is improving and health developments are happening around the world.
Living in this globalized world, people are looking for options, a healthy mind, body and spirit are every day the new goal for thousands of people.
Inserted in this new mentality, alternative or complementary medicine have been highlighted even more. This kind of medicine provides the population a new look for treatments, a less invasive choice for those who live in the 21st century.
The complementary medicine includes acupuncture - the action of putting special needles into particular parts of the body; homeopathy - a way of treating illness by giving small amounts of natural substances; massage - the action of pressing someone's body in order to reduce pain in their muscles or to make them relax; hypnotherapy - the use of hypnosis to treat psysical or emotional problems; aromatherapy - a treatment in which oils with a nice smell are rubbed into the patient's skin to make him feel relaxed, etc. Some of them have been practiced for thousands of years but just now were classified as a branch of medicine.
In extreme cases, like surgery, the tradicional medicine is still the highest rated among the possibilities, basically because it is the one which solves the problem, or part of it, instantly. The concern that is solved by Alternative Medicine is during the recovery, it is scientifically proved that a patient submitted to complementary medicine in the middle of his convalescence has a better and faster result when compared to the others.
Although, the Alternative Medicine is crearly a treatment, and I'm optimistic to say that probably with more financial suport and in some years, it will substitute the tradicional medicine known by the world these days.
