Integrating Western Medicine with Alternative Medicine

I think it's very confusing for patients to decide what the best roles are for Western medicine and alternative medicine.

The name alternative medicine makes it sound like these therapies should be used instead of Western medicine. But this really isn't the case. Hardly anyone ignores Western medicine and just focuses on alternative medicine.

My own approach can be summarized in four principles:

Use the safest, cheapest, effective remedy first.
Use alternative medicine for chronic or lifestyle ailments.
Use alternative medicine for prevention.
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