When conventional medicine fails to provide answers, patients
look towards alternative medicines. Alternative and complementary medicines
offer to provide relief or prolong a patient’s life.
Alternative & Complementary Medicine
Alternative medicine employs the use of traditional medicine
like herbs and other treatments to treat illness and medical conditions. This
is in direct opposition to mainstream medicine which uses drugs and surgery to
treat illnesses. Some of the popular treatments considered ‘alternative’ are dietary
herbal supplements, yoga, Ayurveda, magnetic intervention, and naturopathy.
Complementary treatment includes using alternative medicine
along with mainstream drugs to treat medical conditions. Such treatments are
cumulatively known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Nearly 59
million Americans had used some form of alternative treatment, according to a
report by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).
CAM therapies can treat fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis,
according to Arthritis Research UK.
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Rolfing Structural Integration (SI), named after its creator
Dr. Ida Rolf, can improve rigid postures using this treatment. It has been
reportedly able to successfully treat dancers and athletes. It can mitigate
pain and relieve patients of their stress. It is colloquially known as Rolfing.
Cupping, an ancient Chinese tradition, gained worldwide
prominence in the 2016 Olympics. This treatment uses cups to draw blood to the
injured area to increase its healing rate. Cupping has even compared to
progressive muscle relaxation which can reduce pain levels after 12 weeks of
treatment.
Market Overview
The worldwide alternative therapies market is anticipated to
touch nearly USD 197 billion by 2025, according to Grand View Research, Inc. It
is expected to grow remarkably over the forecast period (2013 - 2025) due to
high adoption rates of alternative medicine. This was evident due to 60% global
populace had reportedly used some form of traditional medicine in 2015.
Botanicals
had accounted for large revenue shares in 2015 due to its high use in
herbal/non-herbal dietary supplements. It is even being used with magnetic
intervention and acupuncture. E-training is anticipated to be the biggest
distribution method in the forthcoming years. It relies on the latest
technologies like video therapy to treat illnesses. Prominent players are Herb
Pharm, Nordic Nutraceuticals, The Healing Company, and Quantum Touch.
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