In the last few decades, there has been a huge increase in the numbers of people who are willing to try out what is usually referred to as alternative or natural medicine. It has to be said that on the whole this has been a beneficial development. The one great disadvantage of orthodox medicine has of course been the problem of side effects. But lets be fair about this. Remember that if a normal medication is to work properly, then it must have a certain potency. And in that case some side effects are inevitable.

Many natural cures are in fact backed up by some spiritual or philosophical system which emphasizes a method of going with the flow of Nature, rather than the more western orientated idea of molding or bending Nature to our will. Of course, both philosophies have their advantages and disadvantages, so it is worth while taking both paths into account when dealing with the perennial problems of our health and well being. Natural cures have found their place at last alongside the scientific tradition: complementing and not contradicting it.