Conventional medicine is led by the doctor's diagnosis. Symptoms and medical tests are used to assess the problems and then treatment is prescribed.
Complimentary medicine aims to treat the patient as a whole.
For alternative practitioners, illness can mean a breakdown or disturbance of physical and mental wellbeing. Treatment aims to stimulate the body's natural resources and self-healing abilities. Acupuncture is used to treat asthma, addiction, arthritis, depression, anxiety, blood pressure disorder and problems with the digestive system. In fact, many commercially produced pharmaceutical products are derived from herbs, but herbal medicine uses the whole plant rather than an extract. But homeopathic medicines are diluted to a high degree.