Increase of Holistic Medicine Treatments worldwide
In the past decade the number for HOLISTIC MEDICINE TREATMENTS has been doubled all over the world. There is an increasing demand for natural therapy for diseases like Arthritis, Cancer, Asthma, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis or Parkinsons`s disease, heart diseases and many others. The top five countries with the highest number of HOLISTIC MEDICINE institutions are USA, China, Germany, England and Italy.
Definition of Holistic Medicine
Holistic Medicine is understand as alternative traditional medicine, which is an alternative for allopathic medicine treatment, by using only natural remedies. The term „holistic“ relates to the philosophy, that every being and everything is energetically connected with each other. We are connected with nature, our planet and even with the stars and planets in our universe.
In HOLISTIC MEDICINE, body, mind and soul of a person are seen as an unit. Therefore the treatment of a symptom or a disease includes the therapy of body, mind and soul simultaneously. A HOLISTIC THERAPY is focussed on healing the root causes and on activation of the selfhealing power of the body. Medicines are mainly natural, like herbs and spices or minerals, but even a walk in the fresh air or sunbathing is considered as medicine.
The holistic approach of medical treatments is old as humanity. Our early ancestors learned to treat diseases or complaints with all nature has to offer. Later in high cultures like ancient India, China, Egypt, Persia or Mesopotamia, extensive HOLISTIC HEALTH SYSTEMS developed. The main concern in these systems is the prevention of diseases. This requires a lifestyle in alignment with one’s own nature and the environment, including healthy food and activities in daily life, which bring health and happiness to the body, mind and soul.
In the last 15-20 years this kind of preventive lifestyle got very popular in western countries, especially because of the limits of allopathic medicine in treating chronic diseases. Many people are interested and learn from cultures and indigenous people, who are still living a natural holistic lifestyle like in India, China, Japan or South America. For sure there is an increase of HOLISTIC MEDICINE treatments worldwide.
Holistic Treatments are individual
In HOLISTIC MEDICINE SYSTEMS remedies and recommendations are always personalized, because no person and no being is like the other.
HOLISTIC TREATMENTS are very successful, because the patient is seen as an individual, with his/her personal constitution, state of health, circumstances of living, abilities, talents, potentials, weak and strong points. Medication and recommendation need to be adjusted individually to the nature and the basic needs of a person or a being.
Popular methods and Holistic Medicine Systems
Most popular methods and Holistic Medicine Systems are Yoga, Ayurveda, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), European Naturopathy, Hypnosis or Homeopathy with healing and preventive effects. More and more physicians all over the world are learning and practicing the principles and methods of these Holistic Medicine Systems. They offer treatments with herbal medicine and detox cures, acupuncture and acupressure or physical and mental exercises and even Meditation. New medical disciplines are popping up like „Prevention Medicine“ or „Personalized Medicine“, which are only new terms for HOLISTIC MEDICINE.
Demand of herbal medicine and supplements is increasing
Since many years an increasing number of medical institutions & hospitals worldwide provide alternative medicine. Norway is one the fastest developing nations in terms of alternative medicine. Some governments in Asia also made it mandatory for every healing institute, to have separate integrative medicine research departments, to encourage the integration of modern medicine with traditional medicine systems.
