According to the BBC, "There was a time when alternative medicine was largely sneered at, but now a survey has shown that one if five people in the UK regularly turn to treatments like aromatherapy and acupuncture. The ICM survey also showed that 78% of those interviewed believe complementary medicine will become even more popular. "
So, do the so-called "alternative therapies work"? "Alternative" is not a very good description of what those involved in the various branches of this area do. Many prefer, as I do, the term "complementary" therapy - that is, it works alongside or as well as, regular medicine.
As I say elsewhere, the active ingredients in, say, essential oils are chemicals and in many cases, modern medicine uses many of these self same chemicals. What modern "mainstream" medicine has done is twofold, firstly mainstream Doctors have a much wider and extensive knowledge of how these chemicals react in our bodies and secondly, have learnt how best to combine these chemicals and in what strength, for our common good.
I am not trying to say that modern medicine is but an offshoot of, for example, aromatherapy. Far be that the case, just that everything about us is a combination of chemicals. Indeed, we are made up of chemicals - the greatest one being the chemical H2O - otherwise known as water!
Even the term "natural" or "organic" strikes me as silly, for even a "natural" product is made up of chemicals - and sometimes quite long and complicated chemicals too! I am always a little troubled when I see that ingredients such as methyl-, poly-, or butyl- parabens, propylene glycol and some fragrances and dyes are referred to as "toxic". If they were that toxic, on balance, their use would not be permitted. True, for some people, some of these products do cause a reaction and others may simply choose not to use them - but that does not make a whole range of ingredients "toxic" to all. So, it is important to keep an eye on what is in whatever it is you are using, though please treat with caution some of the claims of the "wholly natural" people.
Where can these complementary therapies help? The point is, if you try them and they work for you, then they work. If you derive no benefit, then they don't. What I have done here, is to write out some thoughts and ideas on various subjects and further suggested some complementary therapies which I hope you will find useful. I do stress that I cannot claim the full credit for these articles. Over time, I have often seen a clipping, an article -or even a few sentences and thought - "That's interesting, I will keep it!" These snippets of information, I have now brought together into this series of articles, which I hope may be of some value to you.
Some of the articles here specifically relate to skincare and related topics - so nothing to do with "therapy" as such. These cover such topics as facials, beauty procedures (or "protocols") some notes about various products or ingredients in skincare ranges and other more general subjects, such as detoxing.
Skincare
There is quite a long article concerning general skin care and how to set up a regime for daily "holistic" skin care. I also include some notes on facials and how to undertake the basic steps.
alternative therapy
articles and advice
This area moves away from the shopping pages and is concerned with articles written on various subject, relating to alternative therapy and how it may be able to help also, the more general topic of skincare.
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