Question

What complementary and alternative approaches to health have you tried? What influenced your decision to use those approaches?

Answer 1

complementary and alternative approaches to health are the practice, and products that are used outside of mainstream conventional health care facilities .

complementary approach is basically the use non mainstream practices and products like massage, herbal tea, accupuncture along with the coventional approach that is the medicines.

where as

alternative approach referes to use of only non coventional practices in place of the convetional ones which are being usd since ages.

there are five basic basic types of complementary and alternative approaches

• Alternative medical systems,
• Mind-body interventions, ( accupuncture, massage, movement therapy, yoga, tai chi , spinal manipulation, etc)
• Biologically based treatments,( probiotics , herbs)
• Manipulative and body-based methods, and.
• Energy therapies.

nowadays these approaches are applied very commonly to treat various mental/psychological disorders, cancers, and many others.

I have not gone for alternative therapy as it is not suggested and can be fatal sometime if the ailment is not controlled appropriatelly

but i have commonly used the complementary techniques

like  using acupuncture to help lessen some side effects of cancer treatment.