This document discusses alternative and homeopathic medicine, specifically the conflict between alternative and traditional/standard medical treatments. It provides background on homeopathy, describing it as a system based on using highly diluted substances to treat patients based on the principle of "like cures like." The document outlines the history of homeopathy dating back to Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in the 1700s. It also discusses how homeopathy and other alternative treatments are recognized and used in different countries around the world. Potential solutions are proposed to better integrate alternative and traditional medicine approaches.