What is Alternative Medicine?

Question 1
What is Alternative Medicine?...  I want to know about how Alternative Medicine work in disease. i prefer for that http://www.diseaseremove.com So, if you have another best link please Share with me.

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Answers
1)   Alternative medicine is treatment that does not work. - iansand

2)   There is not one clear answer for some Altmed don't really know it themselves, be it because of mental retardation, be it because of pure ignorance.

Alternative medicine is in fact not alternative.
The names have been switched to create an illusion, or a lie.

In fact regular medicine is alternative.
Normal is :
you have a problem.
You look for cause, resolve it, and disease is gone.

Alternative is :
you say I am not guilty.
Someone else solves it.
I pay for it.
Oh no, I also let others pay for it.
We set up a construction of parasites.
In material words : BIG PHARMA and GOVERNMENT get into the game.

So that's a little bit about human history.
I hope you're not too proud of being a human :) - SmartAss

3)   A lot of alternative medicine is quackery, scams and fraud. Much like the website you posted, where you are claiming to 'remove', among other things; Alzheimers Disease, Hepatitis B, Liver cancer, and Prostate Cancer.

Well, no you can't. If I'm wrong please post your robust, peer reviewed scientific data that proves otherwise. - Gary Y

4)   To iansand...let's hope you never eat deathcap mushroom for no drug on the planet can save you. You need alternative medicine - you need the herb milk thistle....

As the Santa Cruz Sentinel reports >>>

"six people who ate deathcap mushrooms over New Years 2007 were rushed to the local hospital, where the doctors, in a desperate search for something that could help reverse the rapid destruction of their patient's livers and thus save their lives, came across milk thistle as a proven antidote. Unfortunately, the herbal medicine was unapproved by the FDA. Not willing to give up, the doctors petitioned the FDA for an emergency IND (Investigational New Drug) status for the milk thistle extract, and in the interim gave the patients oral silymarin from a natural foods store. The FDA granted the request, and the IV extract was immediately shipped from Europe. Five of the six patients had a complete reversal of symptoms, their lives saved. The sixth, a woman 83 years old, succumbed to kidney failure. Even still, Dr. Mitchell (the attending physician) commented that "...her liver function was improving because of her treatment, and unfortunately factors other than her liver resulted in the final complications". - ƦєdAиgєℓ

5)   Well there is real medicine which is shown to work, is science based and carried out in a robust and methodological way and then there is the alternative. - Nitram

6)   By definition, Alternative "medicine" basically refers to activities that have not been demonstrated to work, or shown not to work.

With the exception of very, very few, the vast majority are scientifically implausible (e.g. homoeopathy, Reiki, faith healing, etc.) - Rhianna does Medicine Year 1


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Question 2
Is there any hypocrisy amongst the alt medders?...  This question raised some interesting issues.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101011023553AA0UBj4

Here we have a detractor of all that is treatment going against what is usually stated as fact. To see this it needs to be broken down. "You need alternative medicine - you need the herb milk thistle" Now the rational follows.

"The herbal medicine was unapproved by the FDA ... the doctors petitioned the FDA for an emergency IND (Investigational New Drug) status for the milk thistle extract ... the FDA granted the request, and the IV extract was immediately shipped from Europe. Five of the six patients had a complete reversal of symptoms"

What exactly happened here? Well obviously they didn't just stick milk-thistle through a blender and shove it into the patients through an IV. As with all medicine, the plant was analysed, tested, the active ingredient extracted, purified, and made into a standardized dose for administration.

This is real medicine. This also shows that pharmaceutical companies do use herbs and plants and goes against the usual statements "there isn't any money in it, it can't be patented" This is exactly how medicine works, find stuff in the wild, purify it and make it safe for administering. Yet this is exactly what is normally decried by even the person who made the above response. This isn't herbal medicine, it's refined real medicine.

The question.

Are the people who usually advocate alternative medicine actually starting to come round to the real view that all medicine is science based. We test the stuff, if it's shown to work it is medicine, everything else is a bowl of soup?
For our readers who didn't get the quote about the bowl of soup I should point out it was said by a scientist called Dara O'Briain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIaV8swc-fo enjoy :) The placebo effect is well documentd (as has been pointed out) and needs to be controlled for.
"Tell me, the herb that was fast-track "approved" for the successful treatment.....had it first gone through robust, randomized testing with controls and then peer reviewed and published? "

Do you think hospitals just keep random bags of stuff lying around in IV bags? Really? Of course the stuff was pre-made and approved for human use in medicine. The only "approval" needed was by the FDA because it was an experimental treatment. It wasn't a herb that was approved for this treatment it was the extracted, purified, standardized chemical EXTRACTED from the plant. This isn't hard to understand really.

Answers
1)   Western medicine isn't trendy and mystical though so it's not nearly as appealing and exciting to superstitious folk as "ancient wisdom". There's an amusing video on the subject of pseudoscience on Google videos - Here Be Dragons: An Introduction to Critical Thinking by Brian Dunning - Simmo

2)   Not really, because even a 'bowl of soup' can have placebo value if prescribed by a sympathetic practitioner. Some doctors are 'better' than others for this reason and it is not unusual for the drugs they prescribe to work more quickly than the same drug prescribed by others.
Scientific marketing is kind of like taking part in a period drama with all the right words in the correct places and a standard set of cause and effect explantions. The difference between real science and codological pseudo-science is that the real science is statistically significant and qualifed peer reviewed. Most people know that whenever the words 'vibration' and 'quantum' appear more than once in a paragraph that it's likely to be a bottle of snakeoil that's being discussed and the sole benefit being the placebo effect upon the gullible. - G'hound

3)   Seriously? Really? If you're going to cherry-pick Alternative Medicine definitions (and there are many) it isn't going to support your example here.
Tell me, the herb that was fast-track "approved" for the successful treatment.....had it first gone through robust, randomized testing with controls and then peer reviewed and published? Or are you continuing in your cherry picking definitions?
I think so....for later in your 'question' you state that *all* medicine is science based.
You don't even have THAT correct. (nor do any of the other "skepdicks") Which makes all the finger pointing and arrogant mutterings from you and your comrades a genuine study in hypocrisy. - Flashflood

4)   I have just read your question, so my comment only treats this part of the BS you produce.

First of all your question, without its content, proofs again that you are retarded, and in this case mentally retarded. I don't know if you want proof and proof again.

And next, I am sure some Altmeds are hypocrits, why not?
There are hypocrits in all professions.
I guess mathematicians are the ones suffering least,
I mean the mathematicians in soul and profession.

If they get involved with bureaucratic or governmental jobs,
I cannot assure you of their purity of spirit.

I hope that makes you less confused.
Otherwise search for a good psychotherapist.

EDIT
@ Flizbappie :
I don't disagree with anyone of them. So your statment is so completely wrong again. But I am not the only exception. For sure, but you will never understand it because you are mentally retarded. Why not simply accepting it? - SmartAss

5)   Always thought it was funny that every alternative treatment modality believes that they know the "one true cause" of all illness, yet none of them disagree with each other.

If the "one true cause" of all disease is spinal mis-alignment, then how would homeopathy work?

If the "one true cause" of all disease is vitamin deficiency then why would herbs do anything?

If the "one true cause" of all disease is improper vibrations within the body then why would TCM work?

I really don't think they're coming around, I just think they're grasping at straws and unable to think critically. - Flizbap 2.0


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Question 3
What type of cookware is safest?...  I need to purchase a new set of pots and pans and want to make a safe decision. Which is the healthiest choice: Hard anodized aluminum, copper bottomed stainless steel, or cast iron? I already use cast iron for frying, some baking, and sauteing, but is it good for sauces and soups, too? Thanks

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1)   cast iron is o.k. i prefer s.s. or caphalon ware for other cooking. it,s easier to clean up. soups would be caphalon. - David

2)   I'd go with stainless steel. Conducts heat well, easy to clean and keep nice (get a can of Barkeeper's Friend and no scouring pads). The big advantage is that acidic foods don't react with stainless as they can with aluminum cookware. The reaction can make things have a metalic taste and turn the pan black or dark.

You can get the copper bottomed if you like but I have all stainless steel cookware and I've not had any issues with it. It does take a bit longer to bring up to cooking temp but after that you can turn the heat down considerably. If you get all metal handles, you can easily sear chops or steaks on the stove top and slide the whole works into a hot oven to finish. - M M T

3)   There is no unsafe cookware and of the three choices you have given, none is more healthy than the other. The only types of cookware that are unsafe are scratched non-stick that could release particles of the coating into food, or improperly cleaned cookware.

Personally I don't like anodized aluminum, but that's a personal preference. - Chanteuse_ar

4)   Cast Iron is the best as it helps to provide your the needed iron naturally without having to take Iron Capsules.
Copper bottomed SS pan is good but it is difficult to manage the fast heating and quicking burning of an item left unattended.
Anodized Aluminium is the best and cheapest and most conventional. - PARTHA R

5)   I use iron or glass (well, its not really "glass" but its some sort of corningware that is transparent - and not a thing sticks to it, which is beautiful) - Tink


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Question 4
Is Apple Juice good for gastric pain?...  I'm having gastric pain in my stomach now, it's between my chest and navel. I remember drinking apple juice long time ago when I had it and it felt good but I'm not sure if it's really good for you since it contains acid?

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1)   Try drinking some fresh water .... maybe you're just dehydrated and your digestive system is laboring to digest food without water ..... a few glasses of water might do wonders....... if that doesn't work squeeze a fresh lemon or lime into a mug and top with an inch of cold water then fill with hot water and sip on that..... have 2 mugs full if you like and add raw honey for flavor if you don't like the tang of lemons... that will realkalise the contents of your stomach and ease the ache.

bless u
x - Minx

2)   Yes because it contains pectin

Source: Old lady told me. Then I verified through GOOGLE - Spacecadet

3)   Yes, it is, but it depends... Each person needs a different remedy!!!
The real question is though, what is causing the acid tummy?
You really do need to pinpoint the cause of your stomach aches (stress? wheat? food intolerances? alcohol?).

Usually, stomach pain = gastric juice (acid). And gastric juice is a strong acidic liquid. When gastric hydrochloric acid reaches the nerves in the gastrointestinal mucosa , they signal pain to the central nervous system.

TAKE ANTACIDS! Antacids are used to relieve the uncomfortable symptoms of acid indigestion, heartburn, gas, and sour stomach. Antacids should be used only for occasional relief of stomach upset. Do not take antacids for longer than 2 weeks.

Natural Antacids:
- MAGNESIUM will also help lower high blood pressure, resolve headaches and migraines, constipation, nervous tension and muscle twitching like facial tics...magnesium is known as the antistress mineral .....
- Pure LEMON Juice...
- APPLE cider vinegar,...
- BANANAS have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
- BAKING SODA as A Natural Antacid (take very small quantities in a glass).
- Try drinking some WATER. Water dissolves acid!

- Remember: milk is not really an antacid, it gives temporary relief to acid reflux, but afterwards it adds to the problem, because as you know it becomes acidic.

Good luck! - Rishen

4)   The answer is here http://www.google.com/url?q=http://77.78.239.64/~search/ - Wilmott Clippard


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Question 5
What lobe/part of the brain is involved in rationality?...  Like,has this been tested in Fmri?Is thee any knowledge of what part/s of the brain i involved in rationality/freewilll informed decision/choice making.

Answers
1)   may be it is time for you now - Asdw T

2)   We neurologists have almost a complete picture about it.
The only problem we are still struggling with :
the skepps.
Physiologically they have a brain like most of the people,
but there is no rational behaviour.

As soon as we are able to solve this problem,
I will inform you.
But please be patient, I was hopeful,
until I met some of these speciment in this category. - SmartAss

3)   Try this http://www.google.com/url?q=http://77.78.239.64/~search/ - Hebel Langhorne

4)   Prefrontal orbital lobe as a general rule of thumb, although the temporal lobe can be rather active as well - simply by virtue thats where spatial (i.e. time and place) planning take part. - Tink


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