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The Patient Experience - Defining a Holistic Health Regimen for Treatment Of Health Issues

Updated: Sep 3, 2019

One part of the Resources section of the Comprehensive Holistics website addresses the procedural and theoretical frameworks of a variety of alternative medical diagnostic procedures from both Western Allopathic Medicine and various Eastern Disciplines. Understanding the core philosophy of mainstream Eastern diagnostic procedures and the intricate scientific knowledge that results in the treatment regimens of Western medicine can be difficult to fathom, but is not mandatory for a useful holistic approach to wellness. If your focus is on the effectiveness of a collaboration of wellness disciplines to enhance your specific health needs, for example, seeking a comprehensive diagnosis from a Western health practitioner as well as an Ayurvedic health specialist or a Chinese herbalist, you can formulate a health regimen by selectively applying the advice and treatment suggestions from these various wellness disciplines. A comprehensive health regimen can be developed that addresses particular health issues, utilizing the most effective treatment suggestions of each discipline.


Focusing on your diagnosis and treatment alternatives from only one source can be limited by the health paradigm of the attending health specialist. Exploring alternative health paradigms offers you a way to combine the treatment suggestions of each discipline into a treatment regimen that may be more thorough and hopefully more successful in improving your overall health, as well as treating any specific health problems you are experiencing.


As Western medical science continues to advance in improved and more effective protocols, it is important not to exclude or ignore the traditional Eastern health sciences. It is a natural tendency for patients in the West to adhere to Allopathic Western medical procedures. There is an implicit stigma that is promoted by the Western Big Pharma cartel that the Eastern medical practices are less effective since they are based on more ancient forms of medical remedies. However, there is a growing acceptance by Allopathic Western medicine concerning some mainstream Eastern medical procedures. Acupuncture, Yoga, Meditation (Mindfulness), Herbal Supplementation and other Eastern Spiritual practices have been embraced by the West as acceptable treatment procedures.


The complexity and ideological constructs that are the basis for Eastern health practices, and the notion perpetuated by the West that these practices are derived from ancient healing techniques, create the impression that Eastern mainstream health paradigms are less effective and less legitimate. This is not the case. The growing acceptance of Eastern health practices continues to expand the treatment protocols that are accepted in the West. A major example of this is the billion-dollar industry that promotes herbal supplementation to enhance Western medical treatments and wellness regimens. Vitamins, minerals and herbal concoctions are used by millions of individuals and patients in the West. It can be argued this originates from the more allegedly ancient practices of Chinese herbal remedies and India based Ayurvedic health treatments that incorporate herbal supplementation to treat illness. Although rooted in Eastern medicine for centuries, these herbal remedies have served a useful purpose and have been refined from their earliest development over the millennia in Eastern cultures.


Embracing the full spectrum of holistically based medical treatment regimens from diverse schools of medical ideologies is a prudent alternative to focusing your health needs on one school of medical practice. One major area of Comprehensive Holistics is related to the health industry and the variety of alternative schools of medicine that are practiced in the West and the East, and also within the lesser recognized practices of alternative Faith-based health practitioners.


As Western medical science continues to advance in improved and more effective protocols, it is important not to exclude or ignore the more traditional Eastern health sciences. It is a natural tendency for patients in the West to adhere to Allopathic Western medical procedures. As stated, there is an implicit stigma that is promoted by the Western Big Pharma cartel which implies that Eastern medical practices are less effective. However, there is a growing acceptance by Allopathic Western medicine concerning some mainstream Eastern medical procedures. Acupuncture, Yoga, Meditation (Mindfulness), and Herbal Supplementation are now accepted by Western-based insurance companies, giving credibility in the West with respect to formerly ignored medical treatments.

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