Many people, including doctors, think alternative health is about giving alternative medicines that occur naturally or haven't been properly tested. They are wrong. This page, and these articles, attempt to explain what alternative health really is. Wikipedia, the NHS website, most orthodox medicine websites and even some 'alternative' health sites misrepresent alternative medicine out of ignorance or for their own self interests.

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Alternative medicine is a form of treatment that employs a different philosophy from Western Medicine. Western Medicine's philosophy can be boiled down to 'if you see a symptom, find the medicine to remove or supress it.' Alternative medicine's philosophy is 'if you see a symptom, find its cause.' The first article and probably the most important, is 'What is Health?' You would think that doctors would have a firm grip on this fundamental question but they don't.