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The use of blends, compounds, and teas from herbs is a folk and
traditional medicinal practice based on utilizing plants and plant
extracts. These play an important role in Alternative or Holistic
Medicine.
Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional
medical treatments. Complementary medicine describes practices used in
conjunction and cooperation with conventional medicine, to assist the
existing process. The term complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
is an umbrella term for both branches. CAM includes practices that
incorporate spiritual, metaphysical, or religious underpinnings;
non-European medical traditions, or newly developed approaches to
healing.
In alternative medicine, a holistic approach to healing recognizes that
the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical elements of each person
comprise a system, and attempts to treat the whole person in its
context, concentrating on the cause of the illness as well as symptoms.
Examples of such holistic therapies include Acupuncture, Ayurveda,
Chinese medicine, Indian Head Massage, Naturopathic medicine, Qi Gong,
Reiki, and Reflexology. They usually do not originate from the western
medical-scientific tradition.
(Adapted from Wikipedia,
The Free Encyclopedia) |
