This is the holistic approach in a nutshell, and the focus on the whole person is the main difference between holism and orthodox Western medicine. Holism puts forward the view that spirit, mind and body are interconnected in countless subtle ways.
Holistic medicine seeks to view and treat people in their entirety so as to address all aspects of their lives at once. Some methods, such as reflexology and acupuncture, direct the majority of their attention to physical problems, but do so using a system that also affects the mental and spiritual side of our beings. Others seek to prescribe for both levels at once. Homoeopathy is a good example of the latter, with its mix of physical and mental symptomatology.
Working with Energy Medicine, Flower Remedies and Essential Oils however, means taking a third route. Diagnosis and treatment happen on the level of emotion, spirit and mind, on the theory that balance here will in turn affect the health of the body. Emotional states are used as the key to unlock the body’s natural capacity to heal itself.
