The Power of Integrative Medicine

As a medical biochemist, who for years side by side with the doctors on the same goal – to protect patients and the cure of diseases. During my training, I have a rudimentary knowledge of medicine, but I’ve never understood why a highly skilled medical professionals have never learned anything about self-healing and natural healing ability of human beings. I wondered why they were so uncomfortable with alternatives (traditional) therapies and spirituality. Where are all the free thinkers of modern medicine, that the power to have attention drawn to alternative therapies ?
My next question was, is, that a neglect of modern medicine, our body’s natural mind? I hope not. While integrative medicine is recognized by the doctors, the pace is too slow. At the end of their training, many doctors believe that compassion and the spirit that has been lost for drugs with the name. Why is this so?

For a better understanding of the terms used in this article, I would some definitions:

Modern medicine, also known as West, the traditional or conventional medicine known to focus primarily on the physical side of the body for treatment. Another name for modern medicine is medicine. Read the rest of this entry »

Natural Medicine Natural Methods for Health and Healing

5000 Year-Old Medical Secret Unearthed!

If you get sick, go to the doctor. And, of course, the doctor prescribe medications. You go to buy drugs. Among them, and hopefully healthy again. Thus, the health professions is still – a cycle of diagnosis and prescription. If someone gave you herbs for medicine, would say that this person was a quack. But today, studies are underway to determine whether it is really something for themselves what is called natural medicine.

Natural medicine is the use of natural methods, herbal medicines and traditional practices to cure the disease. Every culture has a form of natural medicine. In ancient cultures used the medicine-men of the village, the village doctors, transfer of medical knowledge to the apprentices that followed. Many types of healing methods fall under natural medicine. Among these are traditional medicine, complementary medicine and alternative medicine.Usually, natural medicine refers to medical practices that were established before the advent of modern medicine. These include herbal medicine or phytotherapy, which is common in Chinese, Ayurvedic (or Indian), and Greek medicine.

Made after the introduction of modern medicine, many professionals discarded the use of herbs in favor of human medicine. The fact that these treatments are based on the curative properties of herbs forgotten. For example, opium, digitalis, quinine, and aspirin all have their roots in traditional medicine. Natural medicine can be a lost art. This does not mean he has lost effectiveness over time. In some cases, physical therapy is better than modern medicine. This leads some doctors to seriously consider and explore the use of natural medicine. Read the rest of this entry »