Alternative medicine is any practice that is outside of normal Western medicine. It includes a diverse system of natural practices which are becoming a part of conventional medicine. Alternative cures have the potential of helping individuals live healthier lives and engage in preventative measures of wellness. It attempts to treat the person as a whole, looking at the disease as an imbalance or imperfection in the harmony of the body systems.History has it that this type medicine goes back 5000 years to Chinese traditional medicine, Indian (Ayuryedic medicine) and similar healing traditions in many cultures. This type of medicine has become increasingly popular in the West over the past 10 years. When an alternative medicine therapy is used in addition to – not instead of – conventional therapy, it’s called complementary. One form that has become mainstream is Chiropractic medicine. The Alternative Medicine Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides consumers and professionals with responsible, evidence-based information on the integration of alternative and conventional medicine. More than a third of Americans use some sort of this combination according to a recent survey by the National Institutes of Health. Treatments like homeopathy