Holistic health is optimum health at all levels, physical, mental, emotional,
social and spiritual.
Holistic healing is a very humane approach to a person who is not at ease.
The philosophy is to treat the patient and not only the disease, taking into
account his physical, emotional, mental, social, status. View the patient as a complete
human being in respect to his surrounding.
The symptoms for which the patient has come are treated to provide him relief.
The root cause for the disease searched and treated for. Changes in life style, diet and
exercise to prevent reappearance of ailment and keep the (patient)healthy and active are
suggested.
In holistic health the importance of body, mind and spirit functioning as an integrated
unit and in harmony being essential for good health is recognized and respected.
The concept of a healthy ,happy mind is stressed. Therapies like Yoga, Meditation,
Laughter therapy, Bach flower therapy etc. help in this. Lot of research is done on this. This
important link can be seen weak in Allopathy.
In Holistic healing the patient is an active participant in his treatment and not a passive
receiver of medicines. Healing is from within and total, so best of health is achieved and
maintained.
The beauty of Holistic health is that it can be used to prevent ailment from occurring,
increase immunity, increase qualitative longevity, maintain good health .So that the
person is able to function and enjoy life at optimum with respect to his age. It is not just absence
of physical pain.
Holistic healing is in no way a opposition to modern medicine ,but an integration of either a single or
multiple therapies for maximum benefit of the patient.
In chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, where the patient
is already on allopathy medicines therapies like yoga, acupressure, bach flower, ayurveda
can be added effectively without reducing the efficacy of medicines. These help to improve
the health of the patient and set changes at physiological level so that slowly the dose of
allopathy medicines can be reduced slowly. Even the common man is being imcreasingly
aware of the side effects of major allopathic drugs. Once the functioning of the body
improves the progress of the disease can be halted or reduced to a much slower pace.
In disorders like diabetes, hypertension a combination of therapies will help in reducing
the effects of disease like visual impairment, renal damage ,gangrene, cardiovascular
dysfunction etc.
Even in case where surgery becomes unavoidable we can help the patient become mentally
ready for surgery by using Bach flower therapy. Similarly his recovery afterwards can be
accelerated by use of yoga, bach flower, acupressure, ayurveda etc.
Even in physically challenged people Pranayama, meditation will help to keep them
constitutionally strong and mentally and emotionally healthy. So if they cannot do some
physical work they can be successful at something else. Bach flower will help them
a lot to fight negative emotions of fear, guilt, feeling of neglect, frustration, lack of
confidence , inferiority complex.
The stress, strain and negative influence of the mind being responsible for a wide range of diseases
and disorders from psychosomatic to others is known to everyone.
Healthy mind, Healthy body and Healthy spirit in today’s stressful, competitive, insecure
world is a must for everyone.
As said in Ayurveda
Relief for the diseased and continued health for the healthy is the essence of treatment.
With an open mind and integrated medicine we can offer some relief to everyone.
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