Holistic Strategies

Most complementary or natural approaches to healing have similar principles. The human being is not simply a physical machine like a car, but a subtle and complex blend of body, mind and emotions and all or any of these factors may cause or contribute to problems of health. The word holistic comes from the Greek work "holus" which mean "whole".

Holistic therapies therefore, aim to treat the whole person not just the physical symptoms that are apparent. Treating the root cause of the problem is more important than merely treating the symptoms. Treatment of symptoms alone may simply cover up the real underlying problem.

Each person is an individual and needs to be treated as such. Textbook solutions do not take this into consideration. Environmental and social conditions are just as important as an individual's physical and psychological makeup and may have just as big an impact on health.