ABSTRACT
This chapter provides some ideas and new thinking about other options that exist. The very terms complementary’ and ‘alternative medicine are highly problematic. In the United Kingdom, complementary medicine is a therapy under the care and control of a medical doctor. The main difference in treatment approaches is the use of flower essences, crystal essence and herbal preparations, which changes with each individual. The number of times that each therapy is used depends on the needs of the individual. Many in positions of power seek to discredit its use or place it into a bio-medical model of efficacy and evidence while at the same time excluding spirituality and mystery as part of basic human heritage. Professionals used a recognised mental health instrument, culturally modified, and the measurement of stress indicators in the saliva. Both the mental health tool and the saliva tests showed marked positive responses to meditation being used as an agent to relieve mental distress.
