Holistic medicine is an ancient system of health care that goes back thousands of years, however holistic health is much more common in these times than you think. The word “holism” comes from Jan Christiaan Smuts in 1926 which means “greater than and different from the sum of their parts.” The word “holistic” has not been used until the 1970s.
So what is holistic medicine?
Sometimes when you visit a doctor of traditional medicine they often treat you for exactly what you came in for. But what about evaluating the whole body? Western medicine focuses on treating your active symptoms, rather than holistic medicine goes to the underlying causes of the condition. Holistic medicine is about lifestyle modifications, noninvasive medications and refining the flow of your life-force energy and your own body’s ability to heal itself.
Mind, Body and Spirit
These pieces of you are considered to be essential to achieving optimal health. Human beings consist of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual elements and these are alternative ways to look at overall health. Holistic medicine does not use treatments of the typical health care such as drugs and surgery. Some of the main focuses of holistic medicine are:
- Exercise
- Diet
- Attitude and behavior modifications
- Environmental measures
- Spiritual and relationships
- Bioenergy enhancement
Many people choose holistic medicine because it gives them peace of mind that they don’t have to wait for the drugs to work or the surgery to fix them. They take their health in their own hands and heal themselves. Skin MD Shielding Lotion is a great lotion for the massaging aspect of holistic medicine. Our lotion is filled with ingredients that soothe the skin and moisturize at the same time.
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