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Alternative medicine is an umbrella term
that refers to non-orthodox healing therapies. One of the most
important common factors of these therapies and approaches to
health is that they consider the human being in its entirety rather
than just concentrating on the symptoms or the specific organ
affected by the disease.
Alternative medicine takes a
holistic approach to health, thus concentrating on the causes of the
disease and considering the whole body and its relationship with the
individual's mind, emotions, feelings as well as life style factors
and so on.
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture is based upon the principle
that optimum health is achieved and maintained by.. |
Aromatherapy
Consists of the use of natural aromatic
essences extracted from plants for therapeutic... |
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Ayurveda
The Ayurvedic practitioner aims to identify this innate
disposition of each patient and... |
Bach flower remedy
In Bach's view, the basis of a disease
is a disharmony between the... |
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Chinese herbal medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine is based on
the Taoist philosophy that emphasizes the importance of balance
in ... |
Chiropractic
Chiropractic works from the principle
that modern life produces abnormalities in the musculoskeletal
system, most |
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Herbalism
The use of herbal medicine is as old and
as widespread as humanity. The earliest written ... |
Homeopathy
Homeopathy views illness as a unique manifestation of a
specific disease in the |
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Meditation
Meditation involves a series of techniques originated in the East
which, through calm and... |
Shiatsu
Shiatsu
therapists use fingers, knees, elbows, knuckles, palms and feet to
release blockages of |
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Yoga
In
the West, yoga is particularly popular for the physical effects
of its postures, which |
Reflexology
Dr W. Fitzgerald, in
the early twentieth century, found that when he applied pressure to
a point in |
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