Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal helath. This condition of holistic health is defined as the unlimited and unimpeded free flow of life force energy through body, mind, and spirit. Holistic medicine encompasses all safe and appropriate modalities of diagnosis and treatment. It includes analysis of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, spiritual and lifestyle elements.
Holistic medicine focuses upon patient education and participation in the healing process.
This partnership is a powerful approach to healing and is the cornerstone of the holistic philosophy. Alternative therapies are those not normally offered by conventional medical personnel. Accepting responsibility for your lifestyle choices is important in working with a Holistic practitioner. Illness can be seen as a messenger an indication that one or more aspects of your life may be out of harmony. The holistic practitioner can serve as a guide to assist you in this process of self-evaluation.