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Holistic Medicine

Holistic medicine refers to treating the way humans function as one entire unit that encompasses the body, mind, and spirit, rather than treating these parts as seperate entities. The word 'holistic' is derived from the greek word "holos" which refers to understanding one in its entirety, and 'the whole is always more than the sum of its parts'. The use of holistic medicine is evident from the primitive years of medicine, when 'medicine men' or 'spiritual healers' would use different treatments to cleanse the bodies of diseases. These treatments often involved not only drugs, which were usually organic and derived from specific herbs, but also phycological, physical, and spiritual healing of the bodies as well. In today's practices, researchers and physicians alike are trying to encompass more holistic ideologies into their practices. However, instead of focusing on the spirituality aspect of holistic medicine, researchers argue that a more scientific approach must be taken in the holistic sphere of medicine. In order to do this physicians need to recognize human consciousness as a contributing factor to one's health and develop ways to incorporate this into patient's treatments.

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