How about, the physician examines you, discusses the appropriate courses of action: medicinal or herbal. (The problem is wholistic practices were banned by John D.Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, when they as non-doctors hijacked the AMA and medical schools with their financial contributions.) Providing monetary backing gave them power to demand pharmaceutical agents (many derived from petroleum), chemotherapeutics, and certain medical and surgical practices be utilized. Doctors today know next to nothing about nutrition, vitamins and minerals or herbals because teaching it was banned in medical schools. Doctors rarely recommend a chiropractor,acupuncturist, vitamins or herbs. If you have back pain, the orthopedic doctor will send you for an X-Ray, which often is not accurate enough, then for an MRI or CT scan, finally they write a prescription for pain, and advise surgery (an invasive procedure which could result in infection and/or further damage, including death from the procedure or anesthesia)..They don’t discuss a chiropractor or acupuncturist to relieve the pain (non-invasive procedures) If possible they try not to refer out and recommend rest, pain pills and surgery. Rockefeller and Carnegie commandeered medical schools and hospitals demanding use of medicinals and certain prescribed treatments. Funding being withheld was threatened to medical schools and hospitals who don’t tow the line (in order to be reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid, you must meet certain criteria in hospitals and medical practices). Once a prescription is ordered the physician makes you return every 3-6 months for another prescription, thereby guaranteeing a steady income.