For thousands of years, mankind has treated disease and pain without the use of the types of machinery and practices that we now embrace in the West. Allopathic medicine, which is the name most often used to describe conventional Western medical techniques and theory, often does not look to ancient forms of disease treatment or prevention, preferring instead to rely on modern scientific methods of caring for and curing the ill.
Allopathic medicine has produced vast knowledge of the human body and its processes, which has been very beneficial to the development of effective treatments and the advancement of medical innovations. However, those who practice holistic care use allopathic medicine as a part of a synergistic whole.
Holistic care takes into account your unique body chemistry and constitution. No two people are built exactly alike; nor do their bodies react the same way to medications, treatments, and other healing practices. A holistic practitioner will take the time to understand your particular needs and then plan a course of treatments that may span a wide range of modalities, including acupuncture, Reiki, reflexology, cupping, Chinese herbal medicine, neuromuscular therapy, electro-stimulation, chakra balancing, and other methods, including assisting you in making lifestyle changes. The expectation is that not only does the body know how to heal itself when given the proper tools to do so, but that non-invasive forms of treatment can be just as helpful as the more invasive styles.
Holistic services emphasize health and well-being on a day-to-day basis in order to prevent illness or disease caused by stress, emotional upsets, toxins, and other hazards of life. Where Western medicine has generally focused on the relief of symptoms after a condition has begun to affect you, holistic healing aims to prevent ailments altogether. For some skeptics, the gradual healing of the body over days or weeks can seem underwhelming compared to a surgeon's expertly wielded scalpel or the immediate effects of a strong antibiotic to fight an infection. For believers, however, that gradual healing process also teaches lifestyle changes.
Not only will you begin to understand that everything from the way you react to challenges to the food you put in your mouth can have make profound differences in short- and long-term health and well-being, but that there are natural, gentle ways to promote your body and mind's ability to heal and thrive.
Holistic practices have gained more acceptance in the United States in the last few decades, with some doctors trained in traditional Western medicine beginning to embrace certain modalities as they see positive results.
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