The internal environment involves interaction between spiritual, psychic, emotional, neuroendocrine, visceral, somatic and immune elements. Holism and holistic concepts of health, disease and medicine contain elements of scientific medicine, art, poetry and mysticism . Mechanistic materialistic medicine has blind spots. There is interdependence and interaction between the organs, functions, and emotions of the body. The External influences the Internal and vice-versa .
Psyche influences Soma and Soma influences Psyche.
Those who ignore this reality have a very incomplete view of factors influencing health. In vet medicine, it would appear that the animal psyche plays a less important role in disease than the psyche in human medicine. Nevertheless, the animal psyche is important and can be harnessed in many practical ways, as any experienced animal handler knows. Frequently these healers have no formal training in medicine or diagnosis. However, the diagnostic accuracy of some healers can be incredibly good.