One of the most important benefits of alternative medicine is in the management of chronic diseases.
The official members of medicine who deal with chronic diseases have adopted the attitude that provides the information on alternative therapies is the best policy.
The use of alternative medicine, some ongoing trials and some treatment ways like herbal medicines, massage therapy, aromatherapy, and some complementary therapies can affect the treatment and ease side effects and symptoms of AIDS and HIV.
You doctor will far more likely recommends and accepts alternative medicine in the case of AIDS and HIV, since conventional medicine for AIDS offers little more than prolonging life.
Most of the alternative medicines and therapies can give a better quality of your life, and may extend the period of life before AIDS develops.
The most important alternative medicine for AIDS and HIV include:
- Ayurvedic medicine
- Chinese acupuncture
- Botanical remedies
- Massage therapy
- Chiropractic therapy
- Traditional yoga
There are many kinds of alternative medicinal approaches for treatment of AIDS and HIV. Some of the most common therapies are:
Herbal medicine:
Herbal medicine is the most important alternative medicine. Herbal treatments are effective for treating conditions related to AIDS and HIV than the conventional medications. Herbs are extensively used in improving immune response and reducing symptoms.
Licorice, Aloe Vera, Echinacea, and ginseng are few herbs used to treat AIDS.
Diet and nutrition:
If the nutritional intake is less in the person who is infected with HIV has an increased susceptibility infections and a more rapid disease progression.
An adequate nutritional intake may also cause an HIV-positive person to loose weight long before the development of AIDS. After HIV infection has progressed to AIDS, malabsorption of nutrients may become severe.
The supplements that are found effective in treating HIV and AIDS are Vitamins C and E. these supplements help to reduce the viral load of cells. In addition some alternative medicines like glutamine, N-acetylcysteine, selenium, and beta carotene can help for weight gain.
Mind and body medicine:
Sometimes the mind-body therapy can also call as psychoneuroimmunology. This approach is based on the concept that the mind or brain can influence your body’s ability to fight disease.
Some meditation techniques uses deep breathing and some other focusing techniques enable you to focus the thoughts.
Some mind and body alternative medicine techniques include listening to inspirational or relaxational audiotapes, biofeedback training [Biofeedback Information], hypnosis, and humor therapy.
Acupuncture:
Acupuncture therapy helps to reduce and control the symptoms associated with AIDS. It also helps to treat the side effects of alternative medicine used to treat AIDS. Acupuncture also helps to lessen the symptoms like insomnia, night sweats, diarrhea, and fatigue.
Body work and massage:
Some of the body manipulation or massage techniques used to treat HIV and AIDS include polarity therapy, acupressure, shiatsu massage, deep muscle therapy, reiki, Swedish massage and therapeutic massage.
Cautions while using alternative medicine:
You have to take some cautions while using alternative medicine in AIDS treatment. Especially, astragalus, which is used in treating the symptoms of AIDS, may actually encourage the replication of the AIDS virus.
