Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Alternative Healthcare Options and Websites

If one of your New Year's resolutions is to improve your well-being, you might want to look at healthcare choices beyond those offered by conventional medicine.  here are some groups that may help you find the practitioner you're looking for.

American Academy of Environmental Medicine AAEM
MD's and other healthcare professionals focus on how the environment affects health, including the additive effects of exposure to various toxins.
www.aaemonline.org

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians AANP
Naturopathic physicians help facilitate the body's inherent ability to restore and maintain optimal health, through means that include nutrition, lifestyle changes, and herbs and supplements.
www.naturopathic.org

American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Acupuncturists and doctors of Oriental Medicine use acupuncture, Chinese herbalism and other therapies to help the body attain and maintain proper energy balance
www.aaaomonline.org

American Herbalists Guild AHG
Registered herbalists use plant based remedies (either whole herbs or extracts) to promote health and well being.
www.americanherbalistsguild.com

American Massage Therapy Association AMTA
Trained therapists use various types of massage to help relieve pain and ease stress, and for general well being.
www.amtamassage.org

American Osteopathic Association AOA
Doctors of osteopathic medicine DO combine conventional and alternative treatments, including manipulation of the muscles and joints to treat illness
www.osteopathic.org

National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy NAHA
Registered Aromatherapists and other licensed professionals use aromatic plant essences to promote physical and emotional well being
www.naha.org

National Center for Homeopathy NCH
Certified or registered homeopaths employ remedies based on the idea that substances which cause symptoms in healthy people can, if taken in tiny amounts, help alleviate those symptoms; for example taking a fever causing substance to alleviate fever
www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org

Information shared and reposted from Energy Times magazine

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