When it comes to healing your body most people have a traditional family doctor that they go to for regular check-ups and to get their prescriptions filled. There's nothing wrong with that; sports doctors and specialized dentists are medically trained professionals who know your body probably way better than you do so it's in your best interests to go to your doctor when you think there's something wrong with you, either because you tripped and hurt your knee or you have a bunion on your toe.

However, there are other types of medicine and medial practitioners out in the world such as naturopathy practitioners that aren't looked upon as nontraditional or alternative and those labels give them a bad rap. One other alternative field of medicine is holistic healthcare and if you've been wondering what it's all about and have been on the fence about trying it then let us ease your mind and minimize your worry about holistic healthcare.

When it comes to holistic health the major belief is that we need to take in the whole to determine the root or cause of a certain medical problem. That means all aspect of an individuals needs should be accounted for when treating a patient. Those needs include psychological, physical and social. Any disease can be traced back to a person's physical, emotional, spiritual, environmental and social imbalance and if you look at all those sides you'll come away with a clear-cut answer to your medical ailments.

Holistic medicine is for those that want answers beyond being prescribed a medication or being told to not use cloth diapers on their children. It's all too easy and convenient for doctors that don't practice holistic or natural medicine to whip out their notepad and write a prescription; they believe that pills cure all and that's that. If you want to be more in tune with your body and want to rid your system of medications, some of which can be harmful to you, then you should consider holistic healthcare options.

Some of the methods and practices of holistic healthcare include: natural diet, herbal remedies, exercise, relaxation, nutritional supplements, meditation, psycho-spiritual counseling, breathing exercises, homeopathy, acupuncture and massage therapy.

There has been some criticism towards alternative forms of medicine because they don't use studies or traditional medicine to heal a person, but if a person is being healed, and the they are of sound body, sound spirit and sound mind after using holistic healthcare methods then what's wrong with that? All that matters is a person's health and if they get healthy through meditation instead of prescribed medication then there's no harm in that, and any traditional doctor should agree with that.