October 8, 2007

Alternative & Complementary Medicine: Prevention Is Better Than Cure!

Tip! A great deal of alternative medicine treatments come from ancient medicinal knowledge and insight. Many different types of remedies used by different cultures through the years, including the use of needles for pain relief, herbs for medicinal treatments, or even massage therapy, are considered a form of medicine by the respective users because they work to some degree.

Introduction

Many people today have a renewed interest in the whole area of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. This is a very good thing because Conventional Medicine cannot always provide a cure for any illness that comes along

You may have heard the saying “after [some illness] he or she was never the same again”! The patient may have received some kind of “cure” but it left their lives ruined by some combination of the experience and the drugs/ therapies involved.

Illness Really Is Preventable

The single most important thing to understand about your own health is that illness is preventable.
Now I don’t mean things like the common cold - although even this can be preventable to a certain point. I am talking about lifestyle changes, that can improve your health significantly and more importantly can prevent many of the deadly time bombs that are ticking away inside all of us.

Tip! Naturopathic medicine: Is a practice that is designed to stimulate the body’s own healing system. This system utilizes multiple forms of alternative medicine.

Now of course none of us can prevent every illness - all of us will become ill at some point or other. However we can all look after our bodies to such a point that we are in a condition to recover, when that illness strikes.

Its a simple fact of life that if your body is kept in peak fitness, then you will always recover from any illness much faster, than people who are basically unfit, overweight, living on junk food, not taking sufficient exercise, having a poor diet etc.

In addition if you keep your body in a good condition, you will automatically be avoiding many of the illnesses that may strike.

Its All In The Mind!!

Many medical tests have been done over many centuries to show that merely giving someone a pill, which they think has some wonderful healing properties, will have a noticeable impact on someones’ health and their overall medical condition.

Tip! Main coursework that is provided at an alternative medicine school includes but is not limited to acupuncture; chiropractic; herbalism; Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); mind/body medicine; bodywork; naturopathy; homeopathy; holistic medicine; reiki and numerous other alternative studies.

This of course is well known as the “placebo” effect, but it illustrates very importantly the power of the “mind” in the psychology of wellness. If you really believe that you will get better then there is a good chance you will!!

Jesus The Master “Mind” Healer

Whether you have any religious belief or not, you cannot but be amazed, by the power and hypnotism of a religious teacher, telling people they will be healed if they can but believe it.

We should all take on board this strong belief in the mind that we will be well, that we will avoid illness, that we will live a strong healthy lifestyle, good diet etc.

You Have To Walk The Walk!!

To prevent illness you have to consider all the time your health and your lifestyle, your diet etc.

When you are hungry and away from home and thinking of getting a “bite to eat” - do you consider whether what you are about to eat, is healthy or not?

Tip! With increasing research and new findings in medicine there is a universal rise in the Western nations of alternative medicine. In the Eastern part of the world, namely the Orient, some forms of alternative medicine has been practiced for many centuries.

I believe you should always be thinking about your life, every day. This way you are alive to the fact that we all get old, and that life is in fact very fragile.

Conclusion - Yes You Can Prevent Illness!!

Always remember you are responsible for your own health. Its not your parents fault you get ill or someone else that just passed some illness on to you. In the end it’s your responsibility.

Use you mind to educate you body against illness, listen to what that voice in your head tells you. Maybe you need a break, maybe you just need to go and lie down for a while to help your body recover. Go on a Sabbatical out in the middle of nowhere with no radio and no TV just to unwind, and allow your body to recover itself.

Tip! Osteopathy: Was originally a form of alternative medicine based on manipulation of the joints. It is still used for chronic back pain.

Be aware of the value of diet and exercise, always be asking yourself what the consequences for your body and your health are of what you are doing
If you take these simple steps you will prevent much of the illnesses that may come your way. You will put your body in such a strong position that illness if it comes, will not be able to rob you of your life and your enjoyment.

About The Author

Tim Fulcher in an independant Internet Entrepreneur and maintains a number of useful websites including an Alternative and Complementary Website at:
Alternative Medicine Site: http://www.alternative-medicine.ibringyouinfo.com

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Colon Health And Fatigue

Fatigue is one of the commonest symptoms reported to the doctor. However, the tools the doctor has at his/her disposal to treat fatigue are very limited. Alternative medicine is usually much better placed to treat fatigue successfully - and the colon is often involved.
First of all, the doctor should be consulted if you are fatigued - just to eliminate possible causes, the main medical reason being low thyroid function.
If this has been excluded along with any other causes the doctor may discover, then it is time to consider the commonest cause of fatigue found by alternative practitioners; an excess of toxins in the body. This type of fatigue is usually worse as the progresses. It is often indicated by dropping of on the sofa in the at 9pm or so.
Why Do Toxins Cause Tiredness?
Toxins are simply waste products from cell metabolism which, in excess, can clog up the tissues. They tend to settle where the tissues are weak. For example, if we have inherited a weakness in certain organs, or if we have weakened areas because of old injuries, it is harder for the body to ‘flush’ out these toxin deposits so they tend to accumulate in weak areas, and […]

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