In theory alternative medicine is a form of medicine that does not really fit with the scientific study framework of the western medicine, once a form of medicine has been well proven scientifically effective and a theory has been able to find out how to explain in the language of western medicine why it can be effective, it should be no longer be able to be considered for alternative.
But then after the theory comes politics, in reality US alternative is a form of medicine that has not been accepted as a valid reason with the American Medical Association and US government in other countries different official bodies will have to choose the real meaning behind it is like the alternative medicine. In Canada it has been considered as the conventional medicine that can be highly regulated.
Would you even consider to believe that the US government the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine vitamins are completely have not been proven to have a positive effect on the body.
There are theoretical uses of vitamins that are not even proven yet but that doesn’t mean that what has not been proven can be less effective since it has not been considered to be scientifically right.
At the same moment just because someone claimed that they offer alternative medicine makes them a liar supplements are not regulated and may not even disclose the ingredients that it contains for certain that it will not even tell you the dangers that it contains if taken together with another medicine.
If you are interested in using an alternative medicine for a specific problem or just simply to improve your health its best to do research what kinds of alternative medicine you are interested in and speak with the doctor about whether not she will be willing to work with the alternative expert.
Then you may find a person that is really good with alternative medicine and most of the alternative medicine are not licensed in the US so you have to ask their school and how long have they been practicing it as well.
Oriental medicine is a form of alternative medicine that can be well compared to the western medicine as a system, oriental medicine is based on different theories that was developed thousand of years ago.
Herbal therapy is very common form of alternative medicine found in the US and it is possible that this can be very risky while most of the conventional medicine doctors prescribe these days are from herbs and the herbal supplements are commonly on sale have n common dosages and may even contain some substance.