Over the last 200 years, Western medicine has achieved many remarkable
breakthroughs in the treatment of human disease. However, in the pursuit
of scientific knowledge, and as a result of increasing reliance on
pharmaceutical drugs, many of the traditional wisdoms concerning simple
healing remedies tended to be neglected. Under the clinical scientific
eye, the human body was seen as a mechanism in need of repair, as though
it were an organism functioning separately from the mind, emotions and
spirit. The symptoms of disease became the focus of medicine, and the
intrinsic wholeness of the patient was overlooked. In more recent times,
there has been a growing willingness among medical practitioners to
acknowledge the value of complementary healing arts in the treatment of
physical and psychological conditions and, more importantly, in the
maintenance of health. Most of these disciplines share a common holistic
principle - that the well-being of the body, mind and spirit is
interlinked and inseparable. In this book you will find quick and simple
ways to maintain your mind, body and spirit in good health.