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Benefits of CAM

 Restore the body‘s natural equilibrium and balance.
 Boost the immune system.
 Improve sleep patterns, increase energy levels, induce deep relaxation, and

reduce stress and tension.
 It can be used to target a specific physical, mental, emotional or spiritual

problem.
 Help eliminate toxins, help relieve pain, improve circulation.

Reasons for increasing consumption of CAM

 Inability of conventional medicine to solve some medical problems.
 The originality of CAM products that derived from nature which are healthier

and safer than drugs prescription.

 Alternative medicine is a holistic approach.

 Most of the therapies are noninvasive with few or no adverse effects.

 Increasing the cost of conventional medicine.

 Growing evidence of the validity & effectiveness of alternative therapies by
research.

Barriers Hindering Research and Acceptance of CAM

 Structural barriers: lack of clear definitions and classification methods.

 Economic barriers: the limited amount of money to perform such studies;
Funding devoted to the study of complementary and integrative approaches has
been sparse (but is now increasing). The ―total amount of funding for
integrative medicine [research] in the United States in the past decade is less
than the average cost for developing 1 drug in conventional medicine‖ . Few

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