Alternative and complementary medical approaches in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

摘要: M ore and more individuals are looking outside the borders of conventional medicine for at least part their health care needs. In United States, visits being made to nonconvenional healers than physicians, an annual cost over 30 billions ollars; most this is out-of-pocket. As a discipline, alternative defined as those edical approaches which in past were not traditionally addressed llopathic medical schools. Complementary term first used n Great Britain describe use adjunct o, primarily replacement for, care. 1st century, there ongoing effort integrate complementary lternative (CAM) into practice (Interative Medicine). 1998, National Institutes Health, recognizing he need vigorously evaluate CAM therapies, created enter Alternative Medicine, supports ngoing research. recent years, multiple hospitals have formed Centers f Integrative many allopathic schools now ffering course work complementary-alternative medicine. Many modalities, today, been housands years mainstay healing arts various cultures nd societies. Chinese has bioenergy (“qi” manipulation Qi gong], insertion needles [acupuncture], ingestion [herbs oods]) systematic approach Practitioners ndian (Ayurveda Yoga) combination