Alternative therapies: know the advantages

What to do when we get sick, what measures to take to overcome the disease in the quickest and most effective way?

The way to approach the treatment of diseases is as important as their diagnosis in time and form. In the following article we will focus on the contributions that holistic methods propose to recover.

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When we consult for signs or symptoms that affect us, and we consider unusual, this situation must be observed, analyzed and diagnosed.

We hope to find an answer that explains the existence of the same, to know if we are healthy, or if we should address some treatment to be healthy again.

At this point, there are different approaches, in addition to allopathic medicine, that can help to restore our health.

Holistic Medicine

What happens to us when we are surprised by the disease? What emotions appear with this news? What are the first decisions to take in the situation we are living?

Many questions open up before us, which we will have to answer calmly and seeking the necessary information. (1)

Holistic medicine is a type of medicine that proposes the approach of the disease from multiple aspects, not only the organic, what concerns the specific disease.

It tries to understand the human being going through this process as a whole, integrated by body, psyche and spirit, and to attend to all dimensions without neglecting any of them.

It understands that at the moment of becoming ill, an imbalance is produced in the person who suffers from it, and in his or her environment. Between his body, his emotions, his social and bonding environment and his spirit. And it is in the understanding of these interactions that the health of the individual is at stake.

That is why a holistic approach uses different strategies in order not to neglect anything that may affect the patient's condition, and the physician then becomes a guide who accompanies the patient in his different and simultaneous healing processes.

The Holistic Approach In Medicine Is Not New

The holistic approach is not new, it has its antecedents in the science of healing developed in China, India and Greece.

In China, health and wellness were almost synonymous, thought of as the balance between the five natural elements: earth, fire, air, metal and wood; Yin and Yang. This culture already used tools such as massage and acupuncture.

In Greece, the medicine of Hippocrates, called the father of Western medicine, emphasized the patient, his total situation, observation, context and meaning. They emphasized diet and self-analysis; not neglecting any aspect that could influence achieving healing as a goal.

In India, Ayurvedic medicine has been preventing and curing diseases for more than 5,000 years. It divides people into three basic typologies that occur in combination: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. It is also a holistic system that operates on the body, mind and emotions, formed by habits to live longer and better.

The pathologies that have shown better results in a multiple approach, in which the holistic approach collaborates with allopathic medicine, are: asthma, COPD, epilepsy, Parkinson's, diabetes, allergies, HIV AIDS, hypertension, dyslipidemia, osteoarthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, eczema, psoriasis, alopecia, gastritis, osteoarthritis, etc. (2)

Holistic Therapy Is For You

Basically it is about realizing that we are not only a physical body, but a physical-psycho-spiritual totality and as such our problem must be taken into account.

Holistic therapies complement the approaches of traditional allopathic medicine, and manage to include some aspects that are little attended, but that influence so much in our recovery.

The techniques and tools that this approach encompasses are many and in this article we will mention only some of them, to which the patient can resort when he/she feels he/she needs it. (3)

They do not exclude each other, and are part of the absolutely personal, individual and exclusive decision process that a subject undertakes, when he/she starts the path of healing.

The basis of alternative therapies and holistic approaches depend on your mental and physical openness. The connection with something different should not cause you any doubts or fears. Do your research, ask questions, seek to talk to others who are already doing this type of therapy. They will probably give you their testimonies about the practices and daily routines they carry out in their lives.

It will be interesting to discover your needs and those of your body. In order to determine what type of therapy you require, you need to answer a series of questions. We recommend meditating and thinking seriously about how we believe we can improve our current life. This question could be useful for your first steps towards healing.

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