| From the desk of Dr Magne, author of Cancer | | | | Secondly, there is corrective care. The |
| Free For Life | | | | alternative approach to such care takes in |
| | | | the external person, and utilizes the most |
| When you get a headache, how do you take care | | | | minimal invasion possible. An example of this |
| of it? Most people will admit to reaching for | | | | would include massage or physical therapy. |
| an aspirin. This should not be surprising | | | | The internal approach utilizes moderate |
| since we live in a society which wants | | | | invasion including such methods as |
| everything instantaneously. After all, | | | | acupuncture and herbal remedies. The |
| haven't thousands of good scientists spent | | | | conventional approach uses drugs, pills, |
| hundreds of hours, over the course of several | | | | exposure and injections in a form of |
| years, creating these solutions? In response | | | | intensive invasion. Examples of this include |
| to their creation, we have paid billions of | | | | implants and radiation therapy. Then, finally |
| dollars buying such pills as part of the | | | | there is surgery that of course calls for |
| solution to our medical aches and pains. | | | | maximal invasion. |
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| Yet many cultures outside of America continue | | | | Such a hierarchy creates a framework within |
| to cure their dis-eases their own way, even | | | | which you can develop a personal health care |
| though there is such a wide variety of drugs | | | | strategy. You must be aware that preventive, |
| available now. | | | | passive care is the best form of treatment |
| | | | for a "patient." This is because the best |
| Headaches are just a small sample of the many | | | | techniques truly affect the problem, not the |
| ailments that may be treated by holistic | | | | symptoms. They also help avoid or minimize |
| health care treatments. Holistic health care | | | | the cause of other health problems, otherwise |
| may be used instead of the more conventional | | | | known as side effects. On the other hand, the |
| treatments. | | | | more invasive techniques are more risky |
| | | | because they involve more people in the |
| The term "holistic" has to do with a person's | | | | process. |
| entire being upon which the proper diagnosis | | | | |
| and treatment of any given ailment is based. | | | | If you look closely at it, considering the |
| This includes a person's emotional, social | | | | self-regulating functions that are based upon |
| and physical circumstances. | | | | the human body's design, you will find that a |
| | | | lot of your continued well-being is based on |
| Does your health care provider take a deep | | | | noticing the slight deviation from normal due |
| interest in any of these? In many cases, | | | | to the body's interior, natural functions. |
| physicians simply make assumptions, and you | | | | Your body is continuously communicating to |
| should be wondering who really is capable of | | | | you. When you start feeling unwell, it is a |
| ascertaining your entire health? | | | | sign that something in your life, your |
| | | | environment or your diet needs to be |
| In reality, your health like an arithmetic | | | | adjusted. However, your first reaction is to |
| sum of all of these different doctors you | | | | pop a pill. Then the symptom goes away but |
| see, your dentist, gynecologist, generalist, | | | | the root cause of the problem doesn't get |
| etc. In the long run, your health is your | | | | addressed until you start feeling really bad |
| sole responsibility. | | | | after ignoring many repetitions of symptoms |
| | | | you have ignored. |
| First, there is preventive care. In the | | | | |
| passive sense this includes involuntary | | | | Of course there is something which you can do |
| mechanisms, reflexes, and subconscious | | | | about this. Choosing holistic health care |
| reactions. Actively this includes all of your | | | | will provide for an interesting journey and a |
| voluntary decisions and environmental | | | | very healthy choice as well. Remember that |
| tactics, as well as any exercise or diets | | | | you health is within your control and that |
| that you undertake. | | | | your own mind can greatly influence your |
| | | | continued well-being. |