Holistic Therapies

Holism is the concept or belief that all of the properties of a system cannot be explained by the component parts alone. Rather, the system as a unit determines how the parts behave. The saying, "the whole is more than the sum of its parts”, summarizes things nicely.

The term “holism” came about when a statesman from South Africa named Jan Smuts wrote about the concept in a book. The definition that he gave to holism was “the tendency in nature to form wholes that are greater than the sum of the parts through creative evolution."

The concept of holism has ancient roots and examples can be found throughout human history. Scientific holism teaches that the behaviour of a single system can't be predicted, regardless of how much data is readily available.

In medicine, the holistic approach views biological, social, and psychological factors with equal importance when it comes to overall health and wellness. A disturbance or irregularity on any of those levels will have an effect in other areas as well. Each individual part plays an important role in the well being of the whole.

When it comes to alternative medicine, a holistic approach to health and healing emphasizes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual elements of an individual. Some of the more popular examples of a holistic approach include a varieties of therapies from Ayurveda to Homeopathy, from Shiatsu to Reiki, from Naturopathy to Chinese Herbal Medicine, etc.
 

 

Homeopathy

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Nutrition

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Bach Flowers Therapy

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Iridology

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