Complementary and Alternative Medicine

As per available reports about 65 journals, 1200 Conferences, 53 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to complementary and alternative medicine and about 1,780,000 articles are being published on the current trends in complementary and alternative medicine. In terms of research annually, USA, India, Japan, Brazil and Canada are some of the leading countries where maximum studies related to Complementary and alternative medicine are being carried out. As reported in Wikipedia, Alternative medicine is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine but is not based on evidence gathered using the scientific method. It consists of a wide range of health care practices, products and therapies, using alternative medical diagnoses and treatments which typically are not included in the degree courses of medical schools or used in conventional medicine. Examples include homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, energy medicine and acupuncture.

Journal of Alternative & Integrative Medicine focused on the areas such as Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, aromatherapy and anthroposophic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional-medicine, complementary-therapy & mind-body-link.

Alternative medicine is a conventional method of healing the disease by examining the symptoms without collecting clinical evidences. Homeopathy, Naturopathy and Ayurveda are some of the examples for the alternative medicine. An integrative approach to medical treatment is a broader approach to healing by allocating more time and attention to the patient and not solely based on the biomedical western model of treatment.

OMICS International – a pioneer in organizing international conferences. The theme of the conference is around, “Traditional Medicine: Promotion & Development”. Target Audience of the 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Traditional & Alternative Medicine are from wide discipline, the conference will be informative and interesting with thought provoking International workshops and International symposium to the all the participants.