Talk about health

I've said it before and I'm sure to say it again, that one of the differences between conventional and alternative therapies is time. Time between starting and noticing a difference. For instance, if you have a pain and take an analgesic tablet, it should start to work once it gets into your blood stream Normally that could take something from 30 minutes to an hour. All being well, your pain will start to fade shortly after, although you might need to top it up with another dose of painkiller about four hours later.

On the other hand, let's say for the sake of discussion, you suffer from chronic pain and after swallowing tablets for a month or so, decide you want to try something else. Of course, you would check out my "Special Pain Report" to get the low-down on what therapies you could try!! (http://www.healthexplored.co.uk/eorder/shop.php ) Then, having done your homework, you start on the 'new' remedy.

This is where you'll see the major difference. It' s a good bet that you won't see an immediate improvement in the pain - it may take a few days. There are several reasons for this, the main one being that alternative remedies are very different from conventional drugs. They have many fewer side effects and tend to be less powerful. So their actions start low and build up as you continue with treatment.

This does NOT mean they don't work. Starting a holistic approach to your condition has a several pronged approach. It doesn't work on the simplistic principle of you have a pain, you take a painkiller, and that's all. Alternative therapies look at all of you and your surroundings. It tries to find a reason or reasons for you being in pain. Perhaps it is stress at work or home. Maybe the kind of work you do unbalances your muscles and causes strain. You might be worried or anxious about an aspect of family life. You may even be depressed. There are many things that cause pain, not all of them physical.

The result is that if you take your therapist's advice and work on the things you need to change to smooth out work and home life, together with any remedies the chance you'll get cured are much greater. The plan is that by changing several aspects of your life while taking gentle yet effective medicines you will be cured, once and for all.

Conventional medicine doesn't really care if you get better. It treats your symptoms one at a time and sends you on your way cluthcing a bag of powerful medicines. Take them and hope is the message. But it doesn't really give you the hope part. It's too busy to really care. You have to take that into your own hands.

So, my advice for what it's worth is by all means use conventional medicine for the short-term gains, but don't rely on it for a cure or long-term benefits. For that you need to explore other avenues. Alternative therapies.

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