holistic approach to health
Post on 02-Jun-2018
225 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
1/30
Dr.H.Fida 1
Holisticapproach
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
2/30
2
Objectives
definitions of holistic approach
what is holistic medicinehistory of holistic approach
alternative medicine and
complementary medicineDescription
overview
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
3/30
3
definition
The words holism and holistic are
derived from the Greek word holos,
meaning whole.
Holism is based on an understanding that
the whole is greater than the sum of its
parts.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
4/30
4
An approach to medical care thatemphasises the study of all
aspects of persons health,including physical, psychological,
social, and cultural factors.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
5/30
5
What does Holistic means?Holistic therapies have been around
for thousands of years and werecommonly used in ancient Egypt,
China and India for their therapeutic
effects.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
6/30
6
Holistic means care for the whole
person, mind, body, and spirit.The holistic approach to health
differences from the conventional
medical approach in that it takes intoaccount the whole patient rather than
just focusing on the symptom or thepart that has the problem.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
7/30
7
Holistic medicine is a term used to
describe therapies that attempt totreat the whole person. That is,
instead of treating an illness, as
orthodox allopathy, holistic medicinelooks at an indiviuals overall
physical, mental, spiritual, and
emotional well-being before
recommending treatment.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
8/30
8
A practitioner with a holistic
approach treats the symptoms of
illness as well as looking for the
underlying cause of illness.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
9/30
9
Holistic medicine also attempts toprevent illness by placing a
greater emphasis on optimizing
health. the bodys system areseen as interdependent parts of
the persons whole being.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
10/30
10
definitions
Holistic medicine is a term used to
describe therapies that attempt to treat the
patient as a whole person.
Holistic medicine looks at an individuals
overall physical,mental,spiritual,and
emotional well-being before
recommending treatment.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
11/30
11
Holistic medicine is the art andscience of healing that
addresses the whole person asinterdependent unit of body,
mind and spirit.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
12/30
12
Definition
Holistic medicine meansconsideration of the complete
person, physically, mentally, and
socially, in the management ofcondition. Holistic medicine aims to
treat a patient by considering all
aspects that make up a person
(mind, body, spirit).
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
13/30
13
Conventional medicine treats onlythe part of body which is no longer
working correctly and fails to deal
with the imbalance which causedthe problem in the first place.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
14/30
14
Complementary and alternative
medicines use non-invasive andnon-pharmaceutical techniques
as an alternative to the
conventional medicine
approach. holistic medicines
include (also as alternative orcomplementary medicine).
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
15/30
15
What is the history behind it?
Holistic medicine has its roots in
several ancient healing traditionsthat stress healthy living and
being in harmony with nature.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
16/30
16
Socrates promoted a holistic
approach.
Hippocrates, emphasized thebodys ability to heal itself .
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
17/30
17
The word holistic was first
introduced by the South Africanphilosopher and statesman Jan
Christian Smuts in Holism andevolution(1926).The word and the
concept lay more or less forgotten
until the 1970s
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
18/30
18
It was not until 1926, that Jan
Christiaan Smuts coined the termholism. Which has given us the
more integrated concept of
psychosomatic medicine now
known as holistic medicine.In the
1970s, holistic became a morecommon term.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
19/30
19
Today , holistic medicine is
known as approach to life andhealth which brings together the
physical, mental, and spiritualaspects of a person in order to
create a total sense of well
being.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
20/30
20
Description
Holistic medicine focused onhow the physical, mental,
emotional and spiritualelements of body are
interconnected to maintain
wellness (holistic health).
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
21/30
21
Holistic health is not itself a
method of treatment, but instead
an approach to how treatment
should be applied.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
22/30
22
In traditional medicine patient isonly passively involved. In contrast,
holistic approaches patients areactive participant in the healing
process.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
23/30
23
Description
when one part of the body or mindis not working properly, it is
believed to affect the whole
person .holistic approaches focus
on the whole person rather than
just on the illness or part of thebody that is not healthy.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
24/30
24
Here are some of the major holistic
therapies;1.herbal medicine
2.homeopathy
3.traditional Chinese medicine4.nutritional therapies
5.stress reduction
6.psychotherapy
7.massage
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
25/30
25
Most of these schools do not
originate from the western
medical-scientific tradition, andlack sufficient scientific evidence
to verify their claims.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
26/30
26
Overview
Available scientific evidencedoes not support claims that
holistic medicine, when used
without mainstream orconventional medicine, is
effective in treating cancer orany other disease.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
27/30
27
Overview
However, many healthprofessionals promote healthy
lifestyle habits such as
exercising, eating a nutritious
diet, not smoking, and
managing stress as important inmaintaining good health.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
28/30
28
Overview
This term is used by doctorsto reflect a new focus on a
persons health (to includeprevention, rehabilitation, and
other approaches) rather than
on illness alone.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
29/30
29
Overview
In mainstream medicine, aholistic approach generally
means a more inclusive
approach to a persons health,
one that includes the patients
social and cultural situation aswell as her or his illness.
-
8/10/2019 Holistic Approach to Health
30/30
30
Overview
biopsychosocial sphere ofpatient. this means that a
persons health includes themind,body,and spirit, as well as
the surrounding culture and
environment.
top related