Traditional medicine is the most common practice because the majority of the population follow with the traditions that have been practiced throughout the years.  By researching the traditional medicine practices, there is an abundance of harmful information that can be avoided by using an alternative medicine.

Depending on the degree of the health problem being treated, there is most likely an alternative medicine that can be used in place of  traditional medicine with a more positive outcome.  Traditional medicine prescription drugs have harmful side effects that will end up causing another health problem later on.  For example, a pain medication that is prescribed and labeled FDA approved, will cause stomach and digestive problems if taken for a long period of time.  This is a catch 22 or some sort, because the patient is in pain, and the only resolution is to pacify the problem with pain relievers, instead of attacking and eliminating the original cause of pain.

Alternative medication focuses on the root medical problem that is causing the pain.  The medication cannot be prescribed, is not FDA approved, therefore in most cases, does not have nasty side effects.  Also, there is no insurance coverage available for taking the alternative medical route.  It can be costly, but in the end it works.

The natural healing methods introduced when using alternative medicine versus the traditional medicine produces pleasant results in most cases.  The main factor with traditional medicine is there is a prescription used to limit the amount of narcotics, because too much of this same narcotic can cause an overdose.  Alternative medicines will not cause a harmful overdose, and therefore are of no value when illegally sold as a “street drug”.

If the entire population would switch to natural remedies via alternative medicines, there would be less illegal prescription drug use, less people inventing pains to collect insurance money and have prescription drugs, and more honest people living longer.  Natural is the way to go no matter what your illness.  God has provided everything we need on this earth to live healthy, we just need to find it, mix it, and disperse it correctly.

Insurance companies make a huge profit from misdiagnoses.  For example, with most insurance companies, when a policy holder has been diagnosed with cancer from a traditional physician, the patient has to continue with a number of tests that are completely useless when the patient is cured.  In order for the insurance company to pay for anything, these violating tests must be performed.  Not only is this an inconvenience for the patient, but the fear of this deadly disease coming back cannot be forgotten.

Alternative medicine stimulates the human body's natural healing process.  The human body was designed with a  healing mechanism.  Traditional prescriptions assist with deteriorating the human body's natural healing mechanism, making the patient rely on narcotics.  It is no surprise that narcotics do not assist with curing any health problem, but in reality cause breakdown of the human body; a well designed complex  being, that when taken care of properly can function for many years.