It is called complementary medicine because it works along with traditional medicine techniques.  It is not meant to substitute for it. The difference between it and alternative medicine is that alternative medicine is just that–an alternative and replacement for traditional medicine.  However, they both share many methods of non-traditional healing practices.

There are now doctoral degrees available in complementary medicine programs.  Student can expect to learn many non-traditional methods of healing and health care.  These method may be ancient or even modern practices of the East (there is a rising popularity in this country for traditional Chinese medicine which is also used).  They include healing techniques such as energy medicine, herbal medicine, mind-body practices, and homeopathy.  

Alternative and complimentary medicine practitioners share some common healing guidelines or beliefs.  These include:

The changing life style is causing many health problems in the population. The change in the food habits and lack of exercise result in obesity. Most of the people are suffering from various health disorders as the result of obesity. There are numerous methods to loss weight but this requires systematic process. The main and the most effective method to lose weight are to perform regular exercise and other physical activities. But due to the fast moving life most of the people do not find time to get engaged in such activities.

Consuming lots of junk food and having the food at improper interval at inappropriate amount also cause weight gain. The gained pounds have to be shed to overcome the attack of various health disorders. There are numerous weight loss pills available in the market and they are effective. But in some cases they may act against the weight loss program and even may result in developing various other diseases. The most effective and safest method to loss weight is to depend on the herbal weight loss pills. They are effective and are formulated using the natural extracts of the natural herbs. The herbal weight loss pills contain pure herbal compounds and ingredient that promote in burning out the excess fat deposited in the body.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) occurrence have more than double over past 50 years due to the acceptance of its as medical condition and caused by unhealthy diet with high in saturated food. Premenstrual syndrome is defined as faulty function of ovaries related to women menstrual cycle, it effects the women’s physical and emotional state and sometimes interference with daily activities as resulting of hormone fluctuation. The syndrome happens in one or two weeks before menstruation and then declining when the period starts. It is said the symptoms can be so severe that between 10-15% of women have to take time off work, costing businesses millions of dollars a year. In this article, we will discuss how Chinese herbs – fennel seed (xiao hu xiang) effects women with PMS.

I. Definition
Fennel is a perennial herb, native to the southern Europe and Mediterranean.