| From the desk of Dr Magne, author of Cancer Free | | | | and utilizes the most minimal invasion possible. An |
| For Life | | | | example of this would include massage or physical |
| When you get a headache, how do you take care of | | | | therapy. The internal approach utilizes moderate |
| it? Most people will admit to reaching for an aspirin. | | | | invasion including such methods as acupuncture and |
| This should not be surprising since we live in a society | | | | herbal remedies. The conventional approach uses |
| which wants everything instantaneously. After all, | | | | drugs, pills, exposure and injections in a form of |
| haven't thousands of good scientists spent hundreds | | | | intensive invasion. Examples of this include implants |
| of hours, over the course of several years, creating | | | | and radiation therapy. Then, finally there is surgery |
| these solutions? In response to their creation, we | | | | that of course calls for maximal invasion. |
| have paid billions of dollars buying such pills as part of | | | | Such a hierarchy creates a framework within which |
| the solution to our medical aches and pains. | | | | you can develop a personal health care strategy. You |
| Yet many cultures outside of America continue to | | | | must be aware that preventive, passive care is the |
| cure their dis-eases their own way, even though | | | | best form of treatment for a "patient." This is |
| there is such a wide variety of drugs available now. | | | | because the best techniques truly affect the |
| Headaches are just a small sample of the many | | | | problem, not the symptoms. They also help avoid or |
| ailments that may be treated by holistic health care | | | | minimize the cause of other health problems, |
| treatments. Holistic health care may be used instead | | | | otherwise known as side effects. On the other hand, |
| of the more conventional treatments. | | | | the more invasive techniques are more risky because |
| The term "holistic" has to do with a person's entire | | | | they involve more people in the process. |
| being upon which the proper diagnosis and treatment | | | | If you look closely at it, considering the self-regulating |
| of any given ailment is based. This includes a person's | | | | functions that are based upon the human body's |
| emotional, social and physical circumstances. | | | | design, you will find that a lot of your continued |
| Does your health care provider take a deep interest | | | | well-being is based on noticing the slight deviation |
| in any of these? In many cases, physicians simply | | | | from normal due to the body's interior, natural |
| make assumptions, and you should be wondering | | | | functions. Your body is continuously communicating to |
| who really is capable of ascertaining your entire | | | | you. When you start feeling unwell, it is a sign that |
| health? | | | | something in your life, your environment or your diet |
| In reality, your health like an arithmetic sum of all of | | | | needs to be adjusted. However, your first reaction is |
| these different doctors you see, your dentist, | | | | to pop a pill. Then the symptom goes away but the |
| gynecologist, generalist, etc. In the long run, your | | | | root cause of the problem doesn't get addressed |
| health is your sole responsibility. | | | | until you start feeling really bad after ignoring many |
| First, there is preventive care. In the passive sense | | | | repetitions of symptoms you have ignored. |
| this includes involuntary mechanisms, reflexes, and | | | | Of course there is something which you can do |
| subconscious reactions. Actively this includes all of | | | | about this. Choosing holistic health care will provide |
| your voluntary decisions and environmental tactics, as | | | | for an interesting journey and a very healthy choice |
| well as any exercise or diets that you undertake. | | | | as well. Remember that you health is within your |
| Secondly, there is corrective care. The alternative | | | | control and that your own mind can greatly influence |
| approach to such care takes in the external person, | | | | your continued well-being. |