In the past few decades, there has been a steady growth in the number of persons trying to find an alternative, supplementary or complementary method to improve their health and well-being in general. Therefore many traditional therapies and practices have been revived and developed.

The establishment of 'The Open International University for Complementary Medicines' (OIUCM) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, evidences this trend. This University was recognized by the United Nations as it aims to study and develop complementary medical methods to satisfy urgent demand. By the end of the 20th century, people no longer see Western medicine as the sole option in health care. Alternative therapies are widely available. It is established that approximately two thirds of the Australian population use some form of complementary medicine, in which majority are females and/or more educated people. In the United States, a survey in 1990 showed that there were more visits to alternative practitioners than to primary care physicians. Another study showed that by 1997, 10% more of the general public was visiting alternative practitioners. In 1995, a survey in the United Kingdom showed that half of the public was using complementary therapies, and that 75% had visited a complementary practitioner in the past 12 months. It should be noted that this study does not include the practitioners who use complementary medicine for treatment.

Confronted with the public's changing attitude toward Western medicine, some developed countries have established organizations to research on complementary and alternative medicine. The United States created the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), under the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In 1997, Prince Charles in the UK launched a report entitled "Integrated Health Care: a way forward for the next 5 years?" and brought together UK academics, clinicians and representatives of medical complementary practices to produce an approach to the Integration of alternative medicines. The Office of Complementary Medicine was formed in Australia in June 1999 to fund research into complementary medicine. In July 2001, the Swinburne University Hospital in Victoria - became Australia's first hospital offering conventional and integrative medicine. Hopefully, for the sake of mankind, many countries around the world will follow the steps of Swinburne University and establish a hospital that explores and implements a selection of the best types of medicines, both modern and traditional.

The Faculty of Human and Universal Energy has been created at 'The Open International University for Complementary Medicines' in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2002 under the guidance of Master Luong Minh Dang and has become the most cost effective faculty.