Why People Are Flocking to Complementary Medicine

Why are so many people turning to complementary medicine?
Integrative, natural, complementary, homeopathic, alternative... these are all terms that describe health approaches that were developed outside of mainstream Western (or conventional) medicine.

And, more and more people are turning to these modalities.

Dr. Alan Tillotson joins Dr. Abel to discuss all the money being spent on complementary medicine and the factors that underlie patients’ pursuit of options different from traditional allopathic care.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 5
  • Audio File: wizard_of_eyes/1629we1d.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Alan Keith Tillotson, LAc, RH, PhD
  • Book Title: The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook, Ayurveda in Nepal
  • Guest Bio: Alan-TillotsonAlan Tillotson is a Registered Herbalist who has been practicing herbal medicine for over 30 years, and is a professional member (R.H.) of the peer reviewed American Herbalists Guild. He holds an accredited Master's degree in Asian Medical Systems (Goddard College), a non-accredited Ph.D. in Integrative Health Sciences (IUPS), and is licensed to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Delaware (L.AC.). Alan is well known in America for his apprenticeship study of Ayurvedic herbology beginning in 1976 in Nepal under Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya. He has studied and practiced Chinese medicine in detail working side by side with his wife Naixin Hu Tillotson since 1991.
  • Length (mins): 10
  • Waiver Received: No
  • Host: Robert Abel, Jr., MD