Holistic

This is a new branch in the realm of medical field and it encompasses five aspects of well-being: physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual. The patient is treated based on all these five parameters rather than seeing individually. According to the holistic medicine philosophy, one can achieve optimal health -- the primary goal of holistic medicine practice -- by gaining proper balance in life. Holistic medicine practitioners believe that the whole person is made up of interdependent parts and if one part is not working properly, all the other parts will be affected. In this way, if people have imbalances (physical, emotional, or spiritual) in their lives, it can negatively affect their overall health.

These include but limited to, patient education on lifestyle changes and self-care to promote wellness; complementary and alternative therapies such as acupuncture, chiropractic care, homeopathy, massage therapy, naturopathy, and others; Western medications and surgical procedures.

Principles of Holistic Medicine

• Unconditional love and support is the most powerful healer and a person is ultimately responsible for their own health and well-being.
• All people have innate healing powers.
• The patient is a person, not a disease.
• Healing takes a team approach involving the patient and doctor, and addresses all aspects of a person's life using a variety of health care practices.
• Treatment involves fixing the cause of the condition, not just alleviating the symptoms.
• Many a chronic ailments are treated here holistically.