The phrase "alternative cure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a treatment option that is different from conventional or standard medical treatments.
Example: "Many people are seeking an alternative cure for their chronic illnesses, hoping to find relief outside of traditional medicine."
Alternatives: "alternative treatment" or "non-traditional remedy".
But he is encouraged that polling shows the public has more faith in the government's remedy than in any alternative cure and seems prepared to keep swallowing the austerity medicine, even though the treatment will continue deep into the next parliament.
So they came up with an alternative cure: issue lots of private-bank licences and cap the rate of growth of state-owned banks.The strategy of transforming state-owned banks "from a cancer to a pimple", as one former official describes it, worked beautifully.
The field environmental conditions, which structural components have to resist, such as a wide range of temperature and humidity levels, is leading to a considerable amount of research into areas related to alternative cure mechanisms, capable of achieving rapid cure and high ambient glass transition temperatures without the use of elevated temperature cure.
At the other end of the spectrum, there are those who hop on the Internet to learn everything about their symptoms and possible treatments, thinking they can out-research their doctors or find the latest alternative cure.
According to the literature reports, LDH material can be used as an alternative cure activator in place of ZnO and stearic acid combo in the conventional cure package for the preparation of rubber composites, and simultaneously can provide a strong platform for reduction of ZnO level in elastomer vulcanizate system [7].
The way he describes those messages, full of hope and promise of a natural, alternative cure, sound like the posts on blogs and message boards about his 714-X story today, the "Unique Cancer Treatment Successfully Used by a Famous Run-Away".
He has suffered heart attacks and believes in alternative cures, like "healings" sent over the phone by friends.
He looks at the medical and alternative cures - anti-depressants, anxiety controllers, St John's Wort, exercise, work, food, massage, homoeopathy.
Greater vigilance, stronger regulation and improved health literacy might help, but the pull of alternative cures is strong.
Modern drugs have made life longer, and more bearable, but drug companies are no more above fixing the "evidence" than some alternative cures are above ignoring it.
But the friends who had talked of alternative cures had gone silent in the face of the sheer brutality of Laurie's cancer.
