{"id":945,"date":"2019-01-02T07:17:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T07:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=945"},"modified":"2019-01-10T07:23:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T07:23:57","slug":"alternative-medicine-whats-safe-whats-not-and-what-actually-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Medicine: What&#8217;s Safe, What&#8217;s Not And What Actually Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Americans spend billions each year trying alternative treatments for aches and pains, sleepless nights and more.<\/p>\n<p>While some alternative medicine practices work, some don&#8217;t. Some are even dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes mainstream medicine doesn&#8217;t offer the best fix for chronic pain, stress, and insomnia. Evidence shows alternative treatments including meditation, yoga and tai chi can help with chronic pain caused by osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.<\/p>\n<p>Before reaching for pill or vitamin bottles, try a more natural remedy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first thing you do shouldn&#8217;t be pills or something like melatonin,&#8221; said Friedman. &#8220;But there is something you can try called cognitive behavioral therapy. And that&#8217;s something that can help you disrupt poor sleeping habits and set you on a better course to healthier sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Self-motivated cognitive behavioral therapy aims to improve mental health by improving emotions and developing personal coping strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say, with alternative treatments, the more serious the problem, the more cautious you should be. Before trying any new plan, talk to your doctor first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/alternative-medicine-what-s-safe-what-s-not-and-what-actually-works\/18097808\/\">Wral.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans spend billions each year trying alternative treatments for aches and pains, sleepless nights and more. While some alternative medicine&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-medicine","tag-alternative-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}