The Times They Are A Changing

Although holistic medicine is an overview term for many alternative healing methods, I see it as more of a philosophy in that it is an intention to heal the body, mind and spirit together. There is no need to separate the healing process by going to a conventional physician to treat the arthritis in your left hand, a psychiatrist to treat the mental reason for the way you think and a clergyperson to handle your soul. I feel fragmented just thinking about it that way. I don’t discount the need in our for all three of these types of people or the three healing practices, however.

There are times that a conventional medical doctor is, without a doubt, the person you want to see as well as a clergyperson or psychiatrist. In fact, if it is in your beliefs to do so, you should see them first. However, sometimes an illness or condition is not cured by these professions. If so, it certainly can’t hurt to give a holistic method a try. Personally, I believe that my body, mind and spirit work together. And so looking for a holistic method to my healing is a more natural approach for me. If I contract a certain disease and it is eminent that it have immediate attention, I would first see a conventional doctor for medication or other procedure. After all, if you die before you can figure out why you’ve gotten the disease and the lesson (learning) transpired from it, you haven’t solved anything.

After being am sure that my immediate physical problem is manageable you could seek out other alternative medical methods. If the disease contracted is related to your thinking process (what you tell myself) as well as your spirit, you could never be healed without analyzing those areas. Even after analyzing, you may have a block in your thinking that isn’t allowing you to see the original problem. And “darn it” you just want your medical condition to go away. Many times a holistic treatment can do that. However, you must be aware that you must continue to try to find the root problem to the disease in order that it not return. “Do what you’ve always done and you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”

Spiritually speaking, I believe that a person may come into this world with the expressed reason of experiencing a disease, physical or mental condition. It’s a brave soul that takes this path. Through this experience there would be an abundance of growth. Surely the soul would return to it’s home at the end of this lifetime shining brightly.

For further information on holistic medicinal treatments and alternative healing see my blog, http://gentlecare.today.com/ and http://hubpages.com/hub/alternativemedicineoverview