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What is Folk Medicine?
A form of folk medicine has been practiced by almost every part of the world in the past and continues into current times. Before there was traditional medical science, there was folk medicine that used plants and animals to bring cures to those that were suffering from an illness. Today there has been an increased interest in herbal medicines and the folk treatments of the past to help those who are suffering from conditions and illness.
The practices that were handed down from generation to generation began with ancient cultures that did not have scientific backing for the remedies that were prescribed. However, as modern medicine began to study these methods, the real effectiveness began to emerge. An example of this is the use of castor oil as a health maintenance method has been proved by modern science to be very beneficial because of the vitamin infusion that the oil can give to those who are taking it.
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What Is The Holistic Approach In Medicine
The holistic approach in medicine is mainly achieved through the complementary or alternative therapies and medicine. Holistic medicines refer to the array of healing and self-help practice that are taken from many cultures and that have been handed down for several generations. Because most of the practices do not have a research basis to it, they are normally known as non-conventional ways to improve your health. These practices include acupuncture, herbal medicine, oriental massage, ayurvedic medicines, homeopathic medicines and naturopathic medicines.
A holistic approach in medicine is mainly aimed to assist the body’s natural healing processes. The holistic approach in medicine is thus based on holistic stimulus. Holistic stimulus is the stimulus to the body to persuade it to heal itself. That is, your body is stimulated to perform the job of healing.
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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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