Originally published September 18 2005
Alternative medicine popularity continues to rise
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
As more and more people across the world express doubt in conventional medical treatments, medical practices that offer alternative therapies are seeing business boom, such as the Wescoe Practice, a complementary medicine practice in the United Kingdom, which recently received its 7,000th patient.
The Westoe Practice in South Shields was launched eight years ago and now has nine fully trained professional therapists offering more than 14 different treatments and techniques, including acupuncture, chiropody and hypnotherapy.
Last month, the Prince of Wales repeated his oft-quoted call for the integration of complementary therapies with more conventional medicine in the treatment of cancer.
"The idea of integrating therapists is not a new one, but it is unique to this area," says Dean Glozier, a state-registered podiatrist and complementary therapist at the Westoe Practice.
To keep pace with enquiries the Westoe Practice has launched a regular newsletter to keep people in touch with its wide and expanding choice of services.
In the first issue, for example, Dean reveals that an average person walks 100,000 miles in their lifetime - plus it is estimated that 50% of the population has a difference in leg length.
Traditional Chinese and Western systems of medicine are often portrayed as being completely opposite, but Dr Wan Wei Feng, a herbalist and acupuncturist who has been practicing for 15 years believes that the two systems can be mutually beneficial.
In her view, Western medicine concentrates on alleviating symptoms where Chinese medicine prefers a preventative approach, emphasising the importance of general wellbeing.
At present, many British doctors are dismissive of Chinese medicine, or simply do not have time to discuss it with their patients.
On the other hand, practitioners cannot provide the service they would wish to because they have no access to patients' medical records, and lack the facilities to monitor scientifically the effect of treatments.
The North-East Chinese Community newsletter is produced by Damian Aspinall, owner of the new Aspers Casino in Newcastle and is available from various restaurants, caf�s and supermarkets around Newcastle's Chinatown.
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