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by Margaret Carter
JUST WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?..
The phrase "alterative medicine" has
been much in the news recently but it
sometimes seems a confusing suaject.
Alternative to what, one might ask. The
answer of course is "alternative to
orthodox medicine" - that is, the
professional treatment most of us have
been receiving from our GP or hospital.
Alterntive medicine had the limelight
thrown upon it when it was mentigned by
Prince Charles in a speech to the
British Medical Association.
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P486ORACLE 486 Mon20 Jan C4 1710:44
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by Margaret Carter
JUST WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?...
Alternative medicine has several
different methods but probably the twg
most familiar are homeopathy and
acupuncture: the latter is a fairly
recent arrival in the populariy stakes.
Homeopathy is based upon the principle
of stimulating rather than suppressing
symptoms. Vaccination, for instance,
works in the same way. By inducing a
mild form of an illness, sufficient
anti-bodies are formed to make the body
immune to further attacks in the futuqe
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P486ORACLE 486 Mon20 Jan C4 1710:21
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by Margaret Carter
JUST WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?..
The Royal Family are said to support
the homeopathic approach to medicine.
Homeopathic medicines are available
through the National Health Service and
some G.Ps are also trained homeopaths.
For further details, enquire at the
British Homeopathic Association at 27a
Devonshire Street, London W.1.
Please enclose a stamped addressed
envelope.
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P486ORACLE 486 Mon20 Jan C4 1703:27
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by Margaret Carter
JUST WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?...
Acupuncture has only recently been
widely known in this country although
it has been practised for in China fgr
thousands of years. It is still widely
used there and operatigns are regularly
performed using acupuncture instead of
anaesthetics.
The system believes that illness
results from a block in the flow of
energy in the body. By inserting
needles through the skin at certain
points the blockages can be cleared and
the body will recover, so the thegry
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P486ORACLE 486 Mon20 Jan C4 1711:12
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by Margaret Carter
JUST WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?..
There are about one thousand
registered acupuncturists in Britain
today, several hundreds of whom are
also qualified in orthodox medicine.
There have been several instances of
women having their babies using
acupuncture as a pain reliever but it
would be necessary to find a doctor who
was willing to use this method fgr
delivery.
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P486ORACLE 486 Mon20 Jan C4 1704:18
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by Margaret Carter
JUST WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?...
It may be dangerous to refuse
connventional methods of medicine, and
care must always be taken over any
form of self-help medicine.
You can find out which doctors are
acupuncturists through your local G.P.
or from the British Acupunctuqe
Association, 34 Alderney Street,
London, S.W.1.
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