Very often alternative medicine gets a bad rap in the United States, especially among the Black community. There are so many misconceptions about the practice that leaves people skeptical about whether or not it\u2019s safe or even if it goes against their religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quite simply, though, alternative medicine is a form of therapy that doesn\u2019t involve conventional medical methods. The practice\u00a0includes\u00a0everything from massages and\u00a0herbalism to yoga and Reiki. It is also ancestrally tied to indigenous people, including Africans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Licensed acupuncturist\u00a0Lindsay Fauntleroy\u00a0told Blavity that it\u2019s beyond time for Black Americans to reclaim alternative medicine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlternative medicine, the energy medicine that we are bringing into the world now comes out of Black and indigenous ancient philosophy,\u201d Fauntleroy told Blavity. \u201cIt comes out of Black and indigenous culture, and so it\u2019s a reclaiming of something that is already ours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n