Modern lifestyle has resulted in various kinds of diseases. More and more people are now suffering from chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, malfunction of the thyroid gland, migraines, etc. When they turn to conventional medicine for cure, they are disappointed, since most allopathic drugs focus on the symptoms rather than the root cause. Apart from this, there are concerns regarding side effects as well as drug dependency. However, there are a noteworthy number who have also reported relief and absolute deliverance from their debilitating diseases through alternate medicinal treatments like Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani medicine. Yet there are many who continue suffering, believing that there is no other way for them to survive but to take prescription drugs every day, for the rest of their lives, benefiting no one but the medical insurance companies.
How Opening Your Mind to Alternate Medicine Can Help
The good news is that health insurance companies in India offer cover for alternate medical treatment as well. Here are some of the benefits of alternate medicine.
1. Holistic healing: Alternate medicine operates on the philosophy that disease in the body is a function of imbalances between the mind, body and spirit. In order to be healthy, there must be harmony between the purpose of healing, thoughts, feelings and physical action. For instance, health in Ayurveda is defined as, “An experience of bliss/happiness in the soul, mind, and senses and balance of the body's three governing principles, seven tissues, three wastes, digestion, and other processes such as immune functioning.” It clearly states that health cannot be the mere absence of symptoms.
2. Non-invasive and interconnected techniques: There are several benefits of surgery as practiced in conventional medicine, but when there can be alternate solutions, they should be preferred, especially if health insurance companies in India cover the procedure. The interconnectedness of alternate medicine is an intriguingly effective method. It is believed that the body operates in an interconnected, systematic way and a disease in one area would set in motion a domino effect in all other connected areas of the body. For instance, in homeopathy, eczema, gastric ulcer and panic attacks are all part of the same problem and should be treated as one!
3. No side effects: This is a huge benefit of the alternate medicine. It is also a reason to give it a try even if you are skeptical. The worst that can happen is that it will not help to make you feel better. But it guarantees that it will not make you feel worse. If you are concerned about the added expenditure of a parallel treatment, it may be of solace to know that there are some medical insurance companies in India that also cover alternate medicine treatments.
