People have been showing interest in alternative and complementary medicine for a while now. The methods are many and various, and even professionals of traditional medicine have been utilizing one or several alternative methods for different conditions.

1.      Mind-body therapies

Mind-body therapies are quite popular. They refer to using particular methods for improving one's ability to enhance health and bodily function.

Meditation is a mind-body therapy that helps people improve blood pressure and sleep better. There is plenty of evidence on meditation's efficiency in alleviating chronic pain.

Hypnotherapy is another mind-body method that reduces back pain, helps when losing weight, and even helps people with addiction.

Yoga isn't used only for reducing stress, but also a mind-body therapy. It reduces anxiety, insomnia, depression, headaches. People with addiction benefit from yoga, too, as it helps them ease their mind and find inner peace.

2.      Alternative medical system

Even if naturopathic medicine and homeopathy are the most popular methods, there are numerous alternative medicine treatments. Acupressure, Ayurveda, or traditional Chinese medicine are part of this category as well.

Stem cell therapy, aka regenerative medicine, concentrates on the repair answer of dysfunctional, diseased, or injured tissue with stem cells. Without going over the details, stem cells are manipulated to specialize in particular kinds of cells. Later on, they're implanted into a person. Even if scientific research is undergoing stem cell therapy gives hope for many health conditions.

3.      Body-based and manipulative methods

It's a category based on movement/manipulation of one or more components of the body. Sometimes, a process of this sort will imply re-learning basic moves (standing or sitting) for reducing muscle tension. Patients can also learn new ways of action for improving overall wellbeing and physical function.

Reflexology, rolfing, and osteopathy are also types of manipulative and body-based methods

4.      Energy therapies

The energy therapies focus on the principle that energy fields surround and go inside the human body. Practitioners will try to manage bio-fields with pressuring/placing hands in or throughout the energy fields.

The scientific proof isn't apparent, but there is evidence that qigong, for instance, helps one deal with chronic pain and reduce blood pressure.

5.      Natural products

Natural products include probiotics, herbs, antioxidants, chemicals, and omega-3 fatty acids. It seems that almost 20% of American adults have been using dietary supplements at some point in their life. The most popular natural products are omega-3, which has been proven to protect against numerous health issues, such as heart diseases.