Understanding Natural Medicine Practices
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Definition:
natural medicine refers to healing or palliative methods of various
diseases, but with practices that are outside the advancement of the
traditional and pharmaceutical medicine. Lately, it is becoming quite a way
habit of treating diseases and ailments in an alternative way to the
conventional medicine.
Events:
Natural medicine, or naturism, is a healing method that uses multiple means.
natural to allow the individual to achieve a maximum level of health.
While it is true that the definition dates back to the late 19th century, the roots of philosophy
Natural medicine is ancient.
Natural medicine is based on the wisdom of many countries, among which is the
India (Yajur-veda), China (Taoism), and Greece (Hypocrates).
The naturalistic system for curing diseases is based on a return to nature.
to regulate diet, breathing, exercise, and baths, and to know how to use them
forces that eliminate all harmful products that accumulate, in order to
recover vitality and achieve an adequate level of health.
Objectives:
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
The main objective is to present the different options offered by medicine.
alternative/natural way to face problems, whether they are the simplest or the most complex
complicated, in the area of human well-being and health.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
Present preventive/natural medicine as one of the healing alternatives
in the present century.
Show the benefits that the proposed medicine brings to health and wellness.
Help to better understand the healing and preventive powers of this medicine
that does not bring with it side effects.
Complementary Medicine - Alternative Medicine:
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a term used for
products and medical practices that are considered not to belong to healthcare
conventional.
Complementary medicine: it is the term used to describe other forms
treatment that can be administered along with chemotherapy, it is used together with
conventional medical treatments. One example is the use of acupuncture for
help with the side effects of cancer treatment.
Types :there are 5 categories:
Sensory therapies: they work alongside the 5 senses: smell, sight, taste, hearing, touch.
Aromatherapy: consists of essential oils that are absorbed by the body through
of massages or inhalation through the nasal cavities. Therefore, in theory, a smell
It could influence mood, metabolism, stress levels, and libido.
Landscaping therapy: it consists of showing calm and relaxing landscapes to the
patients scenes that evoke calm and tranquility, these landscapes can be in a
dark environment through slide or video projections, this technique is used
as a distraction technique to help control pain and anxiety.
Music therapy: expressive art helps individuals achieve harmony and balance.
Through music, people explore their emotional issues.
spiritual and behavioral.
Massages: it is used on the nerve endings of the body and certain points.
pressure to induce relaxation, for example: shiatsu, the hellerwork method and the
reflexology.
Alternative medicine: it is any practice that claims to have healing effects
from medicine but is not supported by evidence obtained through a method
scientific, so its effectiveness has not been proven beyond the placebo effect.
It consists of a range of practices, therapies, including new and traditional practices.
such as: homeopathy, naturopathy, and chiropractic.
Characteristics:
Natural medicine or naturopathy is characterized by including a broad set of
alternative therapies. For example:
Dietary and nutritional supplements.
Phytotherapy or herbal medicine.
Biomagnetism.
Acupuncture.
Acupuncture.
Massage, reflexology, etc.
Servicios:
Specialization in health plans
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture
Physical technique for pain elimination
Relaxation and Mental Control Technique
Nutrition
Treatments for women
Treatments for children
Treatments for men
Cancer Patients
Uses:
Natural medicine has an increasingly wider audience, especially in what is
It refers to certain pathologies or disorders. For example, we can find solutions.
natural for the following problems:
Lose weight
Alzheimer
Anemia
Anorexia
Asma
Cancer
Cholesterol
Depression
Dermatitis
Diabetes
Pain
Pregnancy
Constipation
Fever
Hepatitis
Herpes
Osteoporosis
