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Six ways to approach the same condition — compared side by side, with honest estimates of cost and what to expect.

How it works

Every condition, six approaches

For each condition we define it in plain language, then compare conventional medicine with five holistic approaches — including an estimate of what each costs and how well it tends to work. Every fact links to its source.

Conventional medicine (AMA)

Diagnosis and treatment as recommended by the American Medical Association and medical specialty guidelines.

Chiropractic

Spinal and joint adjustment, posture and nervous-system care.

Acupuncture

Traditional Chinese Medicine using fine needles at specific points.

Herbal medicine

Plant-based remedies, used with care around other medicines.

Massage therapy

Hands-on bodywork for muscles, circulation and stress.

MBHA Wellness Coach

One-to-one coaching on the daily habits behind the condition.

A–Z

Browse conditions

Conditions marked Guide have a full write-up. The rest are being researched now — and your story can help.

218 conditions

A

  • Acid RefluxGuide
  • ADD & ADHDGuide
  • Addison’s Disease
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy
  • Agent Orange
  • AIDS
  • Air Sickness
  • Allergies
  • Alzheimer’s
  • Amputation
  • Anesthesia
  • Aneurysms
  • Angelman Syndrome
  • Animals
  • Ankle
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Anxiety
  • Arthritis
  • Arthritis, Juvenile
  • Asperger’s
  • Asthma
  • Athlete’s Foot
  • Autism

B

  • Babies
  • Back Problems
  • Bad Dreams
  • Balance
  • Bed Sores
  • Bed Wetting
  • Behavioral Problems
  • Behçet’s Disease
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Bipolar Depression
  • Bladder Problems
  • Blood Clots
  • Blood Pressure
  • Body Odor
  • Bone Spurs
  • Bones
  • Bowel Problems
  • Bronchitis
  • Bruises
  • Burns
  • Bursitis

C

  • Cancer
  • Candida
  • Canker Sores
  • Carpal Tunnel
  • Celiac Disease
  • Cellulitis
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Chemical Sensitivity
  • Children
  • Cholesterol
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Circulation
  • Cold Sores
  • Colds
  • Colitis
  • Coma
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Cystitis
  • Cysts

D

  • Depression
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Diabetes
  • Dialysis
  • Digestion
  • Diverticulitis
  • Dizziness & Vertigo
  • Down Syndrome
  • Drug Overdose
  • Dystonia

E

  • Ear
  • Eczema
  • Elbow
  • Electrical Shock
  • Emphysema
  • Endometriosis
  • Epilepsy
  • Epstein-Barr Virus
  • Eyes

F

  • Fainting
  • Feet
  • Female Problems
  • Fibrocystic Breast
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Flu

G

  • Gallbladder
  • Gout
  • Graves’ Disease
  • Guillain-Barré
  • Gulf War Syndrome

H

  • Hair
  • Hand
  • Head Trauma
  • Headaches
  • Heart
  • Heartburn
  • Heel Spurs
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Hepatitis
  • Herpes
  • Hiatal Hernia
  • Hiccups
  • Hips
  • Hives
  • Hodgkin’s
  • Horses
  • Hypotonia

I

  • Insect Bites
  • Irritable Bowel

J

  • Joints

K

  • Kidney
  • Knees

L

  • Leukemia
  • Liver
  • Lou Gehrig’s (ALS)
  • Lupus
  • Lyme Disease
  • Lymphedema

M

  • Magnet Tolerance
  • Medication Concerns
  • Metal in Body
  • Migraines
  • Morton’s Neuroma
  • Motion & Altitude Sickness
  • MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Ménière’s

N

  • Narcolepsy
  • Neck
  • Nerve Damage
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Neuroma (Foot)

O

  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis

P

  • Pacemakers, Pumps & Ventilators
  • Pancreas
  • Paraplegia
  • Parasites
  • Parkinson’s
  • Pericarditis
  • Phantom Limb Pain
  • Phlebitis
  • Plantar Fasciitis
  • Plants
  • Pneumonia
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Polymyalgia
  • Polymyositis
  • Post-Polio
  • Pregnancy
  • Prostate
  • Psoriasis
  • PTSD

R

  • Rapid Heartbeat
  • Raynaud’s
  • Restless Legs
  • Rotator Cuff
  • RSD
  • RSV

S

  • SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Schizophrenia
  • Sciatica
  • Scleroderma
  • Scoliosis
  • Seizures
  • Sexual Performance
  • Shin
  • Shingles
  • Shoulder
  • Sinus
  • Sjögren’s Syndrome
  • Skin Problems
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Sleep Problems
  • Smith-Magenis Syndrome
  • Smoking
  • Snoring
  • Spastic Quadriplegia
  • Spina Bifida
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spondylolysis
  • Stents
  • Stomach
  • Stroke
  • Surgery
  • Sweat Glands & Sweating

T

  • Tailbone
  • Teeth
  • Tendonitis
  • Tennis Elbow
  • Throat
  • Thyroid
  • Tics
  • Tinnitus
  • TMJ
  • Tourette’s
  • Transverse Myelitis
  • Tremors
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Tumors

U

  • Ulcers

V

  • Vasculitis
  • Veins & Arteries
  • Vertigo

W

  • Warts
  • Weight Control
  • Wheat & Gluten Sensitivity
  • Wheelchair Users
  • Williams Syndrome
  • Wrist

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This page is for education only and is not medical advice. Costs are typical U.S. ranges and estimates; yours will depend on your provider, location and insurance. Talk with your doctor before starting, stopping or combining any treatment. In an emergency, call 911. See our disclaimer.

The Monterey Bay Holistic Alliance is a charitable, independent registered nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and does not endorse any particular products or practices. Claims and statements herein are for informational purposes only and have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. We strongly recommend that you seek out your trusted medical doctor or practitioner for diagnosis and treatment of any existing health condition. MBHA provides administrative support, education and navigation — not medical, legal or tax advice — and cannot guarantee claim, billing or fundraising outcomes. MBHA is not an emergency service: in an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.