What do you think of them and should they be available on the NHS?
Thanks for your time xXx
2006-11-19 04:49:24 · 8 answers · asked by Star dust 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Definately.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is currently available at about 10,000 hospitals nationwide but this is usually done by doctors or physios who have received extra training, full-time post are relatively rare.
My speciality area of CAM is chiropractic, and benefits of including it on the NHS would be...
-Decreased pressure on the NHS
-Decrease in inappropriate referals for X-rays and orthopedics
-Earlier referals by GPs
-Earlier treatment means a decreased risk of surgery, and an economic boost to the NHS
-Also a decreased risk of permanent disability
-Less economic pressure on elderly who can't afford private therapy but often need it the most
-Decreased perscription costs
2006-11-23 03:06:57 · answer #1 · answered by Just me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The folklore and superstition of cultures throughout history have attributed healing or harmful properties to certain foods. This tendency has not disappeared with the advent of the sciences of nutrition and medicine. Food folklore continues today, although in many instances it is inconsistent with scientific evidence.
Today the travelling patent medical man has been largely replaced by the highly skilled and organized use of electronic means to promote fraudulent marketing - computers, customized mailing lists, national advertisements, and other mass media. The medium and the details have changed, but the message and the goals remain. It is difficult for consumers to evaluate the validity of the health claims perpetrated by quacks and faddists.
But medicinal herbs are some of our oldest medicines and their increasing use in recent years is evidence of a public interest in having alternatives to conventional medicine.
So specifically for naturopathic and Ayurvedic treatment of disease there could be some consideration for NHS availability.
2006-11-21 08:57:04 · answer #2 · answered by Vegon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you mean physical treatment such as accupuncture and osteopathy, then yes I think it should be available on the NHS.
As for herbal medicines, I seem to remember that they are controlled by the Ministry Of Agriculture. I don't think they will ever be taken on by the NHS.
2006-11-19 05:00:14 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't speak for all alternative medicines, but I know that homoeopathy works, and I think it should be available on the NHS
If it had been, I wouldn't have spent years slathering steroid creams on my hands. (I had really bad Eczema) All it did was make it worse.
Homoeopathy was a god send, I'd recommend it to anyone with a skin complaint.
2006-11-19 04:58:00 · answer #4 · answered by Jenni 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A load of conmen/conwomen trying to make money from peoples desperation at their illness.
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2006-11-19 04:57:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Really joke/they should not be available
2006-11-19 05:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some are good depends on wat the condition is, they sud be on nhs but it will never happen there in abig debt as it is
2006-11-19 04:56:05 · answer #8 · answered by eyoremum2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋