Alternative Medicine As alternative medicine's popularity rises, people need to be informed about it's rise and the different types of alternative medicine. Did any of you ever think about eating a peanut-butter sandwich and drinking a glass of warm milk for insomnia. Or putting sugar or honey on minor cuts or scrapes. These are just some of the forms of alternative medicine. What is alternative medicine? Alternative medicine is exactly that, an alternative to the normal techniques taught in medical school and written in the medical journals. It is also called “complementary medicine” and more recently called “new medicine.” Patients