If globules attract patients
Trend to a combination of conventional medicine and natural remedies
Osteopathy, Homeopathy, Feldenkrais - whether alternative methods work better than the recipes in the medical school of medicine, it can be disputed splendidly. One thing is certain: the market for alternative medicine is booming.
Alternative treatments such as homeopathy and naturopathic medicine are now in many households as well as to the aspirin. According to a recent study by the Bertelsmann and Barmer GEK, about two-thirds of respondents believe that natural remedies are more gentle than traditional medications. In particular, the trend towards homeopathy is still strong, but also methods such as shiatsu, Feldenkrais or autologous blood therapy are becoming increasingly popular. This shows, among other things, the fact that taking increasing health insurance costs for these therapies.
Health insurance to go on a trend
Securvita is a health insurance in Hamburg, which claims to offer the most comprehensive naturopathic program at the German health insurance companies. A profitable decision: Just between late 2009 and November 2011, the number of insured in Securvita from 139,000 to almost 190,000. Recently, the health insurance company has been awarded in several categories of "Focus Money".
But why a wide range of alternative treatments makes a sickness so attractive? "Naturopathic physicians trained therapists and a lot of emphasis put on the conversation with the patient in order to explore the psychological and social causes of disease," said the CEO of Securvita, Dr Ellis Huber. In conventional medicine the enormous importance of the doctor-patient conversation will largely unknown.
What is it about homeopathy?
Closer proximity to the patient
This is also the man Marion Camp. The chairman of the Foundation is a practicing naturopath "Homeopathy Certificate", among other things, issuing certificates for prospective homeopaths. "With alternative methods of healing, the patient comes as a complete individual to speak." Camp is man but a good working relationship with the medical school.
She is an advocate of complementary medicine, which combines conventional and naturopathic approaches: "A good diagnosis of the medical school is one of them", she is convinced. Many patients now combined the two approaches, looking at diseases in both general practitioners and naturopaths.
How many citizens are now actively in the search for the best medical care, shows the online comparison service "
kassensuche.de". Here the user can specify different criteria that are important when choosing a health insurance company. "Before, it was the visitors to our site simply to compare the contributions. Since they are standardized, the issue has become all the more power is important," says CEO Thomas Adolph. Thus, in the selection process, the category "Outpatient naturopathy" very often clicked. "There's enormous interest in alternative treatments."
Above all, homeopathic medicines have become very popular. One study from 2009, according to Allen's creek, which was supported by the homeopathic Union (DHU) was added in order to have these drugs in the German population an awareness level of 94 percent. From this group, 64 percent were female, as many were privately insured. 59 percent of those who are homeopathy was known were between 30 and 44 years old. Sun globules and Co. should continue to boom.