Understanding the Principles of Holistic Medicine
Holistic medicine is a method of healing that takes the entire person into consideration during healing. The body, spirit, emotions, and mind are all a part of the healing process, and the ultimate goal is to achieve optimal balance in life. This results in the best health. In order to do this, holistic healers follow…
Understanding Alternative Holistic Therapies
There are a wide range of holistic, or mind-body, therapies that are used to bring balance to the whole person. However, many people are either skeptical about, or don’t understand, how some of them work. The following are some of the most common alternative therapies used in holistic medicine, and how they work to help…
The Benefits of Holistic Healing
Whether you know it as holistic, alternative, or complementary medicine, holistic healing is an approach to healing and health that considers the whole person when developing treatments for disease. This includes the mind, body, spirit, and emotions. This approach is outside of traditional medicine, as holistic healing focuses on treatments that use methods other than…
Holistic Healing – Not Just for Humans
There is no denying that holistic healing is becoming a popular option in treating illness and disease. In a survey conducted in 2012, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) found that more than 32% of adults and 11.6% of children use some form of complementary or alternative medicine. Now, these natural treatment…
Finding a Holistic Healing Practitioner
If you’ve discovered the benefits of holistic healing, and you are ready to see if it is the right approach to our own health, you need to find a practitioner. The following tips will help you choose one that will meet your needs and has the background you want, to ensure proper care. Types of…
How to Reduce Your Risk for Cancer Holistically
According to Healthy Holistic Living, roughly 1,500 people die from cancer every single day. What was once a rare disease has flourished into a deadly epidemic, but according to the American Cancer Society, as many as one in three cancer fatalities could have been prevented by a change of lifestyle. Simply by quitting smoking, eating…
3 Benefits of Alternative and Holistic Medicine
Alternative medicine and holistic healing have been used all over the world, for millennia, by a multitude of cultures and peoples. And yet the majority of Americans distrust anything but western medicine. Every year they run to the clinic for the latest flu vaccine, which may not even target the strain of flu going around…
What is a Holistic Diet?
The word “diet” may have some negative connotations because it implies a restrictive or regulated way of eating. This is due to the simple fact that so many people eat poor diets, gain weight, and then struggle to shed the pounds. The modern diet is one that is prone to making people gain weight and/or…