Over the last 30 years, the interest and awareness of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among orthodox health care professionals has increased significantly. Health care delivery systems are beginning to question how to integrate clinically successful CAM therapies (those which have been successful in human clinical studies) into the daily care of patients with the intent of decreasing pharmaceutical costs while increasing patient satisfaction and client retention. It is important to recognize that patients suffering from atopic disorders may be using complementary therapies and to advise patients properly about these modalities and their possible adverse physiologic and immunologic side effects.