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About Alternative Health Practices

The truth is, what is called alternative healing actually pre-dates modern medicine. You will find natural healing practices are ones that are

• Non-evasive
  
• Chemical free
  
• Designed to provide the support your body needs to balance itself
  
• Preventative in nature
  
• Treats the cause as opposed to suppressing the symptoms

The United States has the worst record of any 'modern' country for illnesses directly related to auto-immune illnesses, obesity, nervous disorders, and depression.

An auto-immune illness is one that your body developed, it is not an illness that you 'caught' from a bacteria or germ. This type of illness ranges from diabetes to arthritis to irritable bowel syndrome and so forth.

The National Institutes of Health defines natural healing practices as:

CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine.

They further this definition with:

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) classifies CAM therapies into five categories or domains: 1) alternative medical systems, or complete systems of therapy and practice; 2) mind-body interventions, or techniques designed to facilitate the mind's effect on bodily functions and symptoms; 3) biologically-based systems, including herbalism; 4) manipulative and body-based methods, such as chiropractic and massage therapy; and 5) energy therapies. For a description of each of these categories, see the NCCAM Web site

Some states are much more progressive than others in the acceptance of natural healing practices.

It is important to connect with skilled, trained therapists that have a history of both educating and treating people.