eastern medicine doctor

Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Holistic healing practitioners include alternative medicine practitioners who address disease as an imbalance in the physical, emotional, spiritual or environmental components of a person's life. The practice of holistic healing involves treating the causes of illness rather than alleviating symptoms, according to the American Holistic Medicine Association, Some holistic healing practitioners are physicians who blend conventional and alternative medicine practices.

Salary: $58,958 

Education: It is important for students to attend a school that has received either pre-accreditation (candidacy) or full accreditation status with the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). ACAOM is the only national organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for the accreditation of AOM schools and programs in the U.S. A school’s candidacy or accreditation status with ACAOM represents the highest level of AOM institutional or programmatic quality assurance available in the U.S. today. Moreover, graduation from an ACAOM candidate or accredited school is a pre-requisite for taking the national certification exams in this field.

Reflection: No i would not like to become one because it seems like a really hard career to do.