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Proactive Medicine

Proactive medicine on the other hand aims to maintain homeostasis. That is, it aims to maintain health on the physical, mental and emotional levels. The principle behind proactive medicine is prevention is better than cure. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, patients used to visit their doctors while they were well and healthy and they paid the doctor for his/her services, however, if a patient became ill the treatments were free. The assumption being that the doctor did not do his/her job properly and therefore the patient become ill. Luckily, this is no longer the case, even in China.

If one of the doctor’s patients died, irrespective of the cause, the doctor was forced to hand a red lantern in his surgery and this would tell all his patients how many of the doctor’s patients had died. Boy, talk about having to be accountable.

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Physical Benefits of Holistic Medicine and Holistic Health

The human body has natural healing abilities. Holistic healing and alternative health care solutions support the body in healing itself. It is a philosophy of medical care that views physical and mental aspects of life. Holistic healing means taking approach that is holistic and when you seek a treatment for imbalances and choosing to live a more balanced lifestyle.

There is a fact that can easily distinguish between the holistic healing and alternative medicine, which is a complementary medicine, and integrative medicine is that physical health is not necessarily the main focus. Even so, it is often the experience of physical discomfort that will first prompt a person’s pursuit of holistic healing.

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