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What Is Holistic?
The Holistic Approach to Medicine emphasizes the connection between mind, body, and spirit when considering treatment for an illness. The body as a whole is evaluated along with the person's physical and spiritual environment.
The patient's mental attitude about his health or disease is just as important as any physical treatment. A positive mental outlook will almost guarantee a positive outcome.
The Holistic Practitioner works with the patient to create a wellness program that supports the body's natural ability to heal itself. The patient is encouraged to take charge of his own health, becoming responsible for working toward a life of optimal health and well-being.
Holistic Medicine is Natural Medicine that treats the cause of the disease. The symptoms are not just smothered with prescribed medication. The practitioner uses the symptoms as a roadmap that leads to the root cause of the disease. Once the cause of the disease is found, it can be eliminated.
Holistic Medicine falls under the umbrella of Naturopathy or Naturopathic Medicine. Naturopaths do not prescribe drugs. They use natural plants and plant extracts to treat and heal. Naturopaths use whatever therapy the individual patient needs to help the body boost its natural ability to heal itself.
These natural, holistic therapies include: Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Herbalism, Aromatherapy, and Reflexology. The Holistic Practitioner may also use such techniques as Meditation and Self-Hypnosis to help the patient change or deal with lifestyle and environmental factors.
Ultimately the patient is educated to make lifestyle changes that will lead to optimal health and well-being. This state of health will prevent further illness from occurring. This is the goal of Holistic Medicine and Naturopathy: Prevention of disease.
If you're interested in learning more about alternative medical therapy, here is a partial list of schools that offer on-line classes.
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