Alternative Health Care There are many forms of alternative health care that help people cure their illness. Doctors don't like to acknowledge these treatments as actual cures, but if a treatment helps someone who isn't part of the mainstream medical industry, you should still benefit from it. This document will show different types of alternative healthcare, what advantages they have and why there are no reasons for it not to be part of traditional medicine. According to Webster's dictionary, alternative health care is "A variety of therapeutic or preventive health care services" care practices that are not typically taught or practiced in traditional medical communities and offer treatments that differ from standard medical practice. Homeopathy, herbal medicine and acupuncture are types of alternative medicine.'' By doctors who do not recognize the effects of a certain practice or remedy the treatment is considered an alternative form of health care. Even if a treatment has been shown to work but is not well known, or if most doctors are unaware, the treatment would even be interesting if it could be considered an alternative form of practice. The term alternative health care indicates a wide-ranging practice of healing attitudes, methods and rehabilitations. Alternative healthcare is commonly described as treatments and healthcare practices that are not part of standard Western healthcare. Western medicine is the cornerstone of medicine worldwide; it changed the way the world uses medicine. There are many forms of alternative practices that have been used by many people for thousands of years. Alternative medicine contains a number of treatments. They can range from therapies to acupuncture. There are four types of treatments that I will show you. T... half of the sheet... of doctors, 71% of nurses and 72% of office workers).” 12% of staff have used or prescribed a form of alternative treatment in the past. The study showed that “female doctors and nurses showed a more positive attitude and used alternative medicine more frequently than their male colleagues.” Although doctors only briefly talk about its potential, such as its benefits for musculoskeletal disorders and migraines. Nurses and office workers say the range of use is much wider. The last thing that most doctors and nurses agreed on was that traditional medicine could benefit from adopting the principles of alternative medicine. These doctors and nurses are people who work in hospitals every day and recognize the use of alternative healthcare, if they see the benefits then it will be more available to people.