How it differs from the general alternative therapies available ?
Seeing the ongoing increased demand of alternative therapies, lots of unqualified persons have started this practice without much knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology etc. On the other hand we are qualified Medical doctors first and also trained in CAM to give a long-term and proper relief to sufferings, pain and side effects. Being MDs, we can understand Signs and Symptoms, also understand pathology and reasons/causes for the problems/health conditions well, can interpret and analyze investigation reports. The huge demand for alternate modality of treatment and entry of quacks leads to lack of product standardization and insufficient systematic assessment of efficacy and outcome data, which can endanger patients’ health. So, we the CAM practitioners, also make sure of quality maintenance. By now, we have documented about 4,500 medicinal-herb and drug-nutrient interactions, and the number steadily keeps rising. Health care professionals and patients are often
