What is the difference between allopathic vs. medicatrix naturae?

Allopathic means modern medicine. The mainstream medical profession uses evidence-based research, such as double-blind trials, as its model for best practice. Vis medicatrix naturae translates as ‘the healing power of nature’. This means benefiting from nature to strengthen and support the body, while gently stimulating it to self-heal using its own curative forces. Modern medicine creates therapies that are designed to work effectively for the masses; whereas many alternative medicines address the individual (i.e. every patient is inherently unique). This is the main difference. The intention of alternative healing initially is to reduce symptoms (with remedies that can often act similarly to conventional modern treatments in many respects). But, alternative therapies then focus their full attention on searching for the cause of the condition.  Most modern medical treatments are designed to help the patient live with the symptoms by reducing or lessening them — rarely by actually curing the problem!