People talk about holistic healthcare but it’s hard to define it.
Most people are so used to conventional medicine that when they hear about holistic healthcare- they hear it but don’t understand it.
Let’s see if we can make some sense of holistic health.
Holistic Care Meaning
Holistic care realizes that everything’s connected in the mind and body. For example – how a person feels emotionally affects their whole body.
A person’s emotions affects their gut as the same substances that affect the mood also run the gut. Emotions also affect their stress level – a happier person is less stressed than one that’s stressed. A stressed person may not have a great immune system and may get sick. Getting sick will affect them emotionally and the cycle starts over again.
I used emotions as a starting point but if you start with anything in the mind/body they will be connected to others. Thyroid problems affect the gut. The gut affects the immune system as does stress.
Everything is connected to everything else.
So when you see a practitioner who practices holistic healthcare, they will deal with the problem that you’re presenting with- perhaps the gut.
But they also will deal with everything else that is going on because everything’s connected.
Do you remember the song – the head bone is connected to the neck bone which is connected to the chest bone, etc? I like that song, very simplistic but also very true.
Please take care of your whole mind/body as they all are part of your health.
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To your health!
Dr. Richard Chen
Focused Wellness Author,
A New Way to Health: Wheel of Health
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