The term Holistic
Medicine has become common among practitioners of Alternative
and Complimentary Medicine to denote an approach to medicine
and medical methodology that tries to treat the person as
a whole. This approach assumes that disease is not made up
of visible symptoms alone.
Holistic health is a non-medical philosophy of well-being
that considers the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects
of life as closely interconnected and balanced. Advocates
of the holistic health philosophy typically seek or use a
wide variety of alternative practices, the most common of
which include acupuncture, ayurveda, Siddha, chiropractic,
naturopathy, yoga, aromatherapy, Cannabis cultivation and
homeopathy.
One of the oldest
but newest treatments in holistic medicine is used for tears
in your knees, backs, shoulders and more called "Ultrasound
Directed Prolotherapy". Advocates of alternative medicine
often employ the use of the holistic health philosophy to
claim that conventional medicine does not address the needs
of the patient as a whole.
Supporters of conventional medical practices dispute that
claim and point to certain trends within conventional medicine
that could also be described as "holistic", such as wellness
programs focusing on whole-body health programs of nutrition,
exercise, and preventive care.
