Alternative therapies

Alternative therapies such as herbal products, Homeopathy, and other therapies being widely used in the India. They are widely marketed, readily available to consumers, and often sold as dietary supplements. Alternative medicine consists of a wide variety of practices, products, and therapies—ranging from those that are biologically plausible but not well tested, to those with known harmful and toxic effects. As Murray and Rubel have written, “Many are well known, others are exotic or mysterious, and some are dangerous”1. From a sociological standpoint, unconventional therapy refers to medical practices that are not in conformity with the standards of the medical community2.  Alternative medicine is not the same as experimental medicine.  "I hate the idea that there's a difference between alternative and conventional, West and East," Timothy Caulfield, a professor at the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta and the author of Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? , said in an interview  "Those are all false dichotomies."  All that matters, Caulfield explained, is what has been shown to be effective - whether that's a pharmaceutical or something else entirely. "We have science-based medicine - stuff that works - and stuff that doesn't," he said. That's the real distinction.  In reality, most modern medicines come from the natural world. The only difference is that they are refined, tested, and carefully dosed. If something comes from a practice that is seen as "alternative" but then is shown to work, well - then it's not really alternative any longer. It's medicine.