Conventional Allopathic vs. "Alternative" Holistic Healthcare
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It irks me to no end when conventional (allopathic) healthcare providers dismiss traditional therapies by attaching the moniker “alternative” to describe where they fit into the healthcare spectrum. Alternative to what? The word implies that conventional allopathic medicine is the gold standard and traditional therapies run second, third or last—the “OK we’ll let it slide because so many people use them but we don’t really believe they work” attitude. Traditional approaches to restoring and maintaining health predate allopathic medicine by thousands of years and have worked pretty damn well all of that time.
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