Nowadays it has become common to provide these, as
complementary therapies to conventional methods of treatment.
Terms like alternative medicine and natural health always seem to
get associated with the Far East. It should be noted that most of the
core concepts behind natural health are of European origin.
In the old age the only health care that was available to the common
man was self care. While medical science existed in a very
rudimentary state, it was by no means as prolific as it is today. Most
of the “doctors” in that era were referred to as “folk healers” (people
who heal other people) and their medical qualification was nothing
more than a short apprenticeship under some sort of superior.
At the time of the Revolutionary War, practicing the art of
medicinal healing was looked upon as a diversion, something to
dabble in when you had time to spare. It was supposed to be
something that an individual did when not doing a regular job. Folk
remedies were handed down from one generation to the next. Men
and women who had learned these remedies simply applied them to
everyday life like their predecessors. In this way, matters like
childbirth, injuries, and illness were taken care of.
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