Complementary and alternative medicine : a comparison between South East Asia and North America

Abstract

Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been a part of every culture before modern medicine became available. Despite the American culture of modern medicine and the advancements towards medical technology, complementary and alternative medicine is left in the dust more often than not. Rarely do people in North America consider an alternative route to cure a disease today. The analysis of many medical journals as well as personal experience and emersion into the South East Asian culture will be referenced throughout this paper. Not only is complementary and alternative medicine underestimated, but the American culture of modern medicine is developing without referring to what it originated from.