The first step in decoding the myth is knowing about the differences and similarities in the school of thought that governs the use and practice of the two vastly different approaches to medicine.

Let’s start off with the differences between the two. Conventional medicine focuses more on the symptoms of the illness and treats it according to the manifestations of the illness. When faced with a symptom physicians usually counter it with medications or giving advice on some lifestyle changes that the patient need to adapt for better recovery. Meanwhile alternative medicine practitioners seldomly prescribes medications and would rather treat the underlying cause of the symptom rather than attacking the symptom head on. A practitioner of this school of thought thinks of body as a whole vessel and that a slight disturbance in the system will cause an imbalance to the whole body. As a result alternative medicine doctors find a cure for the cause rather than relieving symptoms. To get in good health they prescribe natural treatments, nutritional therapies and lifestyle changes to get the body back to its optimum level of functioning. They rarely prescribe medications to relieve symptoms.

Don’t get me wrong though, these two schools are both sciences and they both bring results. Which brings me to the similarities between the two. The thing with both of them is, regardless of their differences they want the patient to be at their peak level of functioning. Although nutritional supplements may not relieve a fractured bone as opposed to taking pain meds right away doing both will surely not bring your body any demise.

If you think about it, if you eliminate both the cause and effect of the illness that you have wont that make you feel your best anyway? So if you ask me which is better I would unequivocally say that I will do both to make sure body is in great condition.