Holistic health
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Holistic health is a term used by alternative medicine advocates to describe medical care that views 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,homeopathy, massage, Tai Chi, Chinese herbology, Medical cannabis, medicinal herbs, and 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, pointing to trends within conventional medicine that could also be described as "holistic", such as wellness programs focused on achieving whole-body health through nutrition, exercise, and preventive care.
[edit] See also
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Exercise
- Fruitarianism
- Herbalism
- Holism
- Inner peace
- Meditation
- Medical model
- Mucoid plaque
- Naturopathic medicine
- New Age
- Natural Hygiene
- Evidence-based medicine
- Prolotherapy
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