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One of the differences between traditional medicine and Holistic/alternative disciplines, is in how illness is perceived.
Traditional medicine tends to focus on illness and of curing or stabilising the 'problem' area.
Holistic focuses on wellness and on a person as a whole, not just treating one area.
Traditional medicine tends to rely on chemical(medicines)intervention, to achieve it's goal.
Holistic tries to use natural ways to wellness as possible.
For certain emergency situations such as- fractures of bones, it would be pointless to visit an aromatherapist(massage using aromatic oils). In this case, you would certainly need to visit the Emergency room in hospital for this.
There are many types of holistic therapies, knowing which one is most suitable for a condition or situation is most helpful.
The main areas of specialisation are body-centered therapists, energy-centered therapists, mind-centered therapists, soul and spirit-centered therapists, emotional release therapists, and coaches/counselors.
A lot of therapists work in not just one area but can encompass many.
Traditional medicine and Holistic therapies can work in tandem with each other.
The Integrative Medicine Wheel was proposed some years ago by William Collinge, who believes that integrating traditional medicine and holistic therapies in a tailored way for individuals, can bring about a more balanced, harmonious result and outcome for the person.
For example:
Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and surgery have reduced side effects, faster recovery, and improved survival rates when they combine these treatments with massage, mind/body medicine, herbal medicine, and nutritional medicine.
Heart disease patients can halt and even reverse their disease process when they integrate mind/body medicine, nutritional medicine, lifestyle and behaviour change with their regular treatment.
People with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia can reduce their symptoms and improve their odds of recovery with the combined use of mind/body medicine, nutritional medicine, lifestyle and behaviour change, and pharmaceutical drugs.
There is experimental evidence that antibiotic drugs to which bacteria have become resistant may have renewed effectiveness when combined with certain herbs.
The eight forms of medicine on The Integrative Medicine Wheel are described as follows:
Mind/body Medicine uses the pathways of communication between mind and body to promote physical health. Methods include imagery, relaxation training, biofeedback, meditation, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, autogenic training, psychotherapy, and group therapy.
Energy Medicine works with the energy system of the body, or treats with energies introduced from outside. Methods include acupuncture, homeopathy, energy-based touch therapies (Therapeutic Touch, Healing Touch, Reiki), qi gong (chi kung), breath therapies (pranayama, transformational breath work), spiritual healing, flower essences, magnetic therapies, and electrical stimulation.
Manipulative Therapies use the physical manipulation of soft tissue or the musculoskeletal system to promote healing. Methods include chiropractic, osteopathy, massage therapy, bodywork, physical therapy and hydrotherapy.
Surgery includes all invasive surgical procedures.
Pharmaceutical Drugs includes all forms of synthetic drugs, prescription and over-the-counter.
Herbal Medicine includes Western herbs, Chinese Herbs, Ayurvedic herbs, and aromatherapy.
Nutritional Medicine includes specific dietary therapies and nutritional supplementation.
Lifestyle & Behaviour includes general eating habits, work habits, stress reduction, self-healing practices, exercise, rest, sleep, intimate relationships, social support and spiritual involvement.
If you have any questions regarding any of the above I am happy to answer them or point you in the direction you need to go. 
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Thanks for sharing your wisdom as a person professionally trained in the art of health, Chris.   I have always had allergies and asthma. I spent lots of time in my childhood getting allergy tests, shots, and emergency hospital visits for asthma attacks. As an adult, I had a very enlightening experience when I first read Louise Hay's "You Can Heal Your Life" book in the 80's and realized how thoughts create and can heal illnesses. When I read about the consciousness behind my own afflictions, it fit for me. ASTHMA we call "smother love". There is a feeling that you do not have the right to breathe for yourself. Asthmatic children often have "overdeveloped consciences". They take on guilt feelings for whatever seems wrong in their environment. They feel "unworthy," therefore guilty, and in need of self-punishment.
Geographic cures sometimes work with asthma, especially if the family does not go along.
Usually, asthmatic children will "outgrow" their disease. This really means they go away to school, get married, or leave home somehow, and the disease dissolves. Oftentimes, later in life, an experience will happened that pushes an old button within them, and they have another attack. When that happens they are not really responding to the current circumstance, but rather to what used to go on in their childhood.
[The new thought pattern she gives:] It is safe now for me to take charge of my own life. I chose to be free.
ALLERGIES: Who are you allergic to? Denying your own power.
[The new thought pattern she gives:] The world is safe and friendly. I am safe. I am at peace with life.
Actually, my asthma and allergies did clear up for several years when I first left home, but eventually worked their way back into my life.  I also want to mention that I did partake in Chinese medicine a few years ago. I went to see a practitioner after getting so many colds and flus. It was strange at first to have the practitioner merely looking at my tongue, taking my pulse, and asking a few odd questions. A new flu had just started and I was worn out from it all. She assured me she could stop it in its tracks. I was amazed at such a claim, but I was quite hopeful. To get me used to acupuncture on my first appointment, she used only one thin needle on me (on my shin I think) and she gave me three paper bags full of mixed herbs with instructions to put them in water, boil, steep, and then drink the liquid. It was incredibly pungent and not exactly pleasant to drink, but quite amazingly, it did stop my flu in its tracks and with a few more months of weekly visits and an increasing number of needles and continued herbs, I remained healthy the whole time and for months afterward. I still usually struggle with one illness or another it seems. But I remain amazed at the power of thought and balance and I personally believe these are the most potent aspects of health.
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So sorry Alisa for not having addressed your reply before, I must have missed it. 
Louise Hay certainly got the ball rolling for many people as she encouraged them to look at and within themselves, to discover how and maybe why they had a certain illness/condition.
You obviously found a therapy that worked for you at that time.
Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years in China, so has been thoroughly tried and tested to say the least.
Addressing core issues in health is also part of the holistic way. A bit like digging out the roots of a persistent weed, to stop it in it's tracks.
Having a balanced, positive outlook on all things does go a long way to maintaining health. I do realise it is not always easy to be able to do this at times, when life seems to be throwing so many balls into your hands to juggle all at once, something usually has got to give.  and it is usually your health that declines. 
Taking responsibility for ones own health is the first step. learning to listen to what your body is trying to tell you and responding immediately is the next.
Seeking and receiving the correct therapy/treatment is the last.
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 Thanks for that excellent reply, Chris. I'll look forward to more of your wisdom regarding holistic health! 
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Very helpful and interesting thread. So much info and yet you put it into understandable form. You're like Alisa, you have a very pleasant writing voice. I agree with you about health and treatment of the entire person...
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Thank you Girls! all your comments are appreciated.
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