“We want a world where life is preserved,
and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not just the privileged”
(Isabel Alleride). A true enrichment of life is not a simple commodity to come
by. However, through the use of alternative medical methods and modern western
medicine practices, quality of life can be greatly amplified. Resulting in the
so highly sought after highest quality of life.
All too often when people encounter an
illness the social “norm” is to visit a medical doctor. This is perfectly
acceptable. A doctor will write up a prescription and within thirty minutes
treatment to become healthy once again begins, however, not all illnesses are
so easily treated. In the unhinged world we as people live in, we are plagued
daily by new threats of becoming very ill. These illnesses cannot be treated by
simply taking a pill; extremely harsh means are used to drive illnesses like
cancer out of the body. Harsh chemicals and threatening treatments could be
avoided if western medicine would prescribe holistic or alternative methods
instead of or even alongside western medicine practices. Holistic and
alternative methods and western medicine alone can do very little, together
though; these two methods can produce much greater results.
The current methods that western medicine
are using are working, although, not for every individual. Many continue to
struggle even after treatments or prescriptions end. This leaves many of the
patients in a medical stage that they redevelop their prior conditions and then
are forced to restart a regiment of treatments and medications that did not
work correctly the first time. Extreme cases are being treated the same way
more simple cases are as well. There is a dosage measurement; however, the
dosage is still rather hard to control regarding a specific person and their
age, weight, height and other individualized measurements. The inability to
alter medications and treatments properly is a huge restraint that medical
professionals have to navigate to treat patients; they have to work around
these limitations. Along with the dosage restraints, superfluous side effects
are a huge disadvantage when trying to treat. Side effects, too, range very
differently in each person and some are unable to cope with the side effects.
The issues that the side effects alone can cause are overshadowing the original
issues.
Another glaring issue regarding the
current methods is the ideas that each individual case varies and there is no
one pill fits all solution. The human body is a complex thing and how each
individual can mentally handle the same situation is vastly different. Some
people can mentally take on more than others, which is why the current method,
such as a universal pill, is so limiting. There is no way to tailor western
drugs to align with an individual body. Along with this idea, western medicine
does not inspire the recipient to use methods of self-healing, which by using
the brain as an extra coping mechanism can greatly improve the individuals
situation however they apply this method.
While it has its limitations western
medicine is making enormous strides in healing. However it is a one sided
healing process and there can be no full healing until the entire issue is
addressed. Chronic aliments can be mentally damaging and no painkiller can
address the continuous damage that a person is incurring by being ill. As an
illness runs its course it is important not only to be rid of the physical
implications, but also to holistically purge the sickness. This means
implementing alternative methods into the daily routine. Holistic methods can
work with western medications and can even allow them to be of more use in the
body. Along with physical improvements holistic methods include the actions of
self-healing, much like faith healing in the areas of the Deep South.
Self-healing simply means being mentally open to the idea of once again
becoming whole, which is an important part of every individuals healing
process. It is an important step in recovery to realize that first, there is
something awry and then secondly, accepting the fact and allowing the mind to
come to terms that this can be resolved and overcome.
It is important in using these methods
also that the attending doctors are open minded as well. If they reject or
dismiss the ideas holistically being instilled, it makes it a conflict of
interests and adds another issue to the list. Holistic practitioners need to be
recognized by medical doctors. In turn these two professionals should work
together to address the symptoms and issues that a specific patient is dealing
with. By allowing the patient to have the social norm of western medicine in
the regiment, and then using holistic medications and therapies as well the
healing process could be greatly sped up. The patient will feel that they are
being addressed as a person and not just another case. This is extremely
important because as physical beings, we heal the very most when we are
nurtured in both a physical and emotionally enveloping method. It’s important
that the person under treatment feels that their health is of the utmost
importance. By allowing both the doctor and holistic practitioner to caudle the
patient, the healing process is indeed sped up.
In order for individuals struggling with
chronic illnesses, disease, and other physical ailments to gain their beginning
health, holistic methods need to be recognized and prescribed. Western methods
are not changing as rapidly as they used to and modern ideas are dangerous and
require lots of time to mature. Holistic medicine in some forms has been around
for centuries. Many practices are old and ancient ideas, this does not mean
they have soured with age; on the contrary age has made these ideas even more
valuable. Returning to the original ideas and methods is the easiest way to
gain health. Holistic healing involves methods that are pure and natural. We
live in a very technologically advanced world with new issues like pollution,
radiation, and chemical vapors. These new issues are deteriorating our bodies,
minds, and spirits. In order for a person to become whole in this day and age
the purest methods should be considered. Physically ingesting more chemically altered
pills to make our bodies feel better is not going to bring about the results
one is looking for. Holistic medicine, with its most basic methods, allows the
body to gain back its true potential, through the use of natural substances and
self-generated healing. Along with treating with natural methods many holistic
treatments are available that actually rid the body of the harmful amount of
toxins that accumulate in the body. In essence the best medicine in holistic
methods is prevention.
It is not during the times of health that
health is considered so important; it is during the times of pain and sickness
that health is deemed more important than all other things. Western medicine
with its continuing advancement and holistic medicine with its natural and pure
methods combined can bring back the truest meaning of the word health. The
combination of the two working in conjunction will allow the body to gain its
greatest potential. Holistic medicine will continue to gain favor and as it
does western medicine will only be able to help heal more with holistic
medicine as its conductor.
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