The alternatives to orthodox Western medicine mentioned here share several common features: They were established long before our current scientific approaches to explaining and dealing with wellness and illness; rather than being disease-oriented therapies, they are methods for restoring and maintaining health; and all work with respect to the … [Read more...]
Alternatives medicine
Homeopathy
Founded in 1790, homeopathy comes from two words, homeo meaning similar, and pathy designating disease. Homeopathy is commonly practiced in many countries including France, India, Mexico, Russia, and England, where one in three people, including the royal family, use homeopathy as their primary form of medical care. Introduced to the US in 1825, by … [Read more...]
Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathy is a system of medicine that promotes health by stimulating and supporting the body's inherent power to heal. Although the term naturopathy was first adopted in the early 1900s, its philosophical basis dates back as far as 400 BC. A naturopathic doctor, or ND, seeks to discover and alleviate the root causes of disease rather than … [Read more...]
Detoxification and Cleansing
The role of cleansing in recovery, wellness and immune system fortification is commonly underestimated despite the fact that most all health professionals will agree that a sick body is a toxic body. Cleansing rids the body of toxins, allowing the organs and body systems to rejuvenate themselves naturally. Toxic acids are by-products of normal … [Read more...]
