Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Alternative medicine is any practice claiming to heal "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine." It may be based on historical or cultural traditions, rather than on scientific evidence.
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For several months each year, Dr.
Joe Tafur works in a family medical clinic in Arizona, practicing conventional medicine. The rest of the year, he's south of the border in Peru at Nihue Rao shamanic healing center, witnessing healings and advising people undergoing the use of plant medicines and shamanic ceremonies.The medicine at Nihue Rao is an entirely different category of healing, coming from centuries of traditional native plant medicine and the ritual use of the psychoactive brew ayahuasca – a hallucinogenic potion made from two Amazonian rainforest plants. At Nihue Rao outside of Iquitos, Peru, Tafur, Canadian artist Cvita Mamic, and shaman Ricardo Amaringo have joined forces to form a center based on a unique blend of native healing and visionary art. People travel from around the world to receive herbal therapies under the expert guidance of Amaringo, and to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies, in which conditions that often do not respond to conventional medicine are often...Australian scientists have discovered how anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin prevent tumors from spreading.The breakthrough by researchers at Melbourne's Peter ...
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