Alternative therapies
Alternative therapies
Alternative medicine, also called alternative, parallel, complementary or unconventional, includes all medicines that do not fall under so-called traditional medicine, and which employ other forms of therapy.
Alternative medicines include complementary practices used in addition to conventional care.
Mind-Body Medicine:
Mind-body techniques are based on the idea that mental and emotional factors can influence physical well-being. To maintain health and prevent or treat illnesses, they use behavioral, psychological, social, and spiritual methods.
Given the abundance of scientific evidence in favor of mind-body techniques, these methods are now commonly accepted.
Some examples of methods
Visualization
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Meditation
Yoga and Tai Chi
Biological treatments:
Biological treatments use substances that occur naturally to modify health, such as herbal medicine, for example.
Manipulative practices and body practices:
Manipulative treatments and body treatments treat various disorders through body manipulation.
Some examples of methods
Chiropractic
Osteopathy
Massage
Reflexology
Energy treatments
Energy treatments exploit the energy fields existing in and around the body (biofields). These treatments can also use external energy sources (electromagnetic fields) to influence health and healing. Energy treatments are based on the belief that there is a universal life force, or subtle energy, that resides within and around the body (vitalism).
Practitioners who use energy treatments typically place their hands on or near the body and use their own energy to influence a person's energy field.
Some examples of energy treatments
Magnetism
Acupuncture
Magnets
Reiki
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(Spiritual) Energy
Spiritual energy corresponds to the vital breath that inhabits living beings, and which governs the laws of the universe.
Polarities
The body is composed of electrons, and is therefore subject to the law of polarity.
It is divided into two parts with respect to its main axis, represented by the spinal column.
Traumas
The etymology of the word 'trauma' comes from the ancient Greek 'trauma' which means 'injury'.
