I was just reading an entry to the newsblog portion of the Guardian online about complementary medicine and the controversies around it. I didn't know if I should feel angry at all because having had great success through complementary medicine to rid me of depression, I still think that people are just missing the point...

Let's face it. Neither conventional or complimentary medicines can actually really cure everything and complimentary doesn't promise that (unlike the assumption that conventional kind can). The difference is that complimentary medicine (and by this, I mean naturopathy and traditional chinese medicine) builds the immune system. A healthy immune system means less illness.

I don't know about you but I would prefer to have a healthy body by working hard to keep it nourished and balanced instead of overmedicating myself. I have done both and I prefer the non-medicated type.