Holistic Health is actually an approach to life. Rather than focusing on illness or specific parts of the body, this ancient approach to health considers the whole person and how he or she interacts with his or her environment. It emphasizes the connection of mind, body, and spirit. The goal is to achieve maximum well-being, where everything is functioning the very best that is possible. With Holistic Health people accept responsibility for their own level of well-being, and everyday choices are used to take charge of one's own health.

How Holistic Health Developed

Ancient healing traditions, as far back as 5,000 years ago in India and China, stressed living a healthy way of life in harmony with nature. Socrates (4th century BC) warned against treating only one part of the body "for the part can never be well unless the whole is well." Holistic concepts fell temporarily out of favor in Western societies during the 20th century. Harmful substances may inhibit the building blocks in the body which can result in imperfect cells, unable to do what is required to keep that person healthy.

However, for some conditions medical cures have proven more harmful than the disease. In addition, many chronic conditions do not respond to scientific medical treatments. In looking for other options, people are turning back to the holistic approach to health and healing. The Holistic Health lifestyle is regaining popularity each year, as the holistic principles offer practical options to meet the growing desire for enjoying a high level of vitality and well-being.

Drugs:

Scientific medical advances had created a dramatic shift in the concept of health. Germs were identified as outside sources causing disease. Gaining health became a process of killing microscopic invaders with synthesized drugs. People believed that they could get away with unhealthy lifestyle choices, and modern medicine would "fix" them as problems developed. "Rx". This symbol originated in medieval manuscripts as an abbreviation of the Late Latin verb recipe, the imperative form of recipere, "to take" or "take thus". Literally, the Latin word recipe means simply "Take...." and medieval prescriptions invariably began with the command to "take" certain materials and compound them in specified ways. Today, when a medical practitioner writes a prescription beginning with "℞", he or she is completing the command.
It doesn't matter whether we're talking about aspirin or the most sophisticated pharmaceutical on the market; all drugs come with side effects. Many are minor, some are just an inconvenience, a few are serious, and some are just plain strange. Perhaps the most common set of side effects for drugs taken internally involves the gastrointestinal system. Nearly any drug can cause nausea or an upset stomach, though it may only happen to a handful of users. For drugs used externally, skin irritation is a common complaint.

Drug Side Effects: Types

Side effects fall into several categories. Allergic reactions can happen with any drug and can range from itching and rash all the way up to a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction.

Some drugs can't help but trigger side effects because of their chemical structure. One example is the common allergy drug diphenhydramine (also known by the brand name Benadryl). Though it eases allergy symptoms, it also suppresses the activity of the body chemical acetylcholine, and that leads to drowsiness and a host of other side effects, including dry mouth.

Side effects may only pop up when certain drugs are mixed with certain other things. These might also be considered drug interactions. Drinking alcohol with narcotic painkillers can lead to trouble breathing. Drinking grapefruit juice can affect the blood levels of several drugs, including the heart drug digoxin.

"I realized that it is impossible to detoxify the body on the one hand and put in drugs and poisons on the other." Charlotte Gerson.

What I have found with my herbal blend I use and Nutritional Smoothies

My smoothie program with herbal powders made me healthy. Not in one way but in all ways. The difference between Drugs and Herbs; Drugs are designed to cure or medicate one area only. A healthy diet infused with Herbal supplements will make you healthy in all ways not just one way but every part of your body will heal. The human body was not designed to only fix one system at a time. It was designed to fix all the parts at the same time.

When you follow a holistic approach with superfoods and herbal powders in a blender you will find not only will your Lyme disease Symptoms slowly disappear so will whatever else is ailing you. Your Joints feel better, you fingernails grow stronger and your Asthma just disappears….how does it work…… God only knows for sure but all I know for sure is, it works and those 18 or so herbal powders have allowed me to get my life back.

Alternative Treatments

Additional treatments not endorsed by traditional medical groups include acupuncture, hyperthermia to increase body temperature, which may increase antibiotic effectiveness against the spirochete, Rife treatment, which emits electronic energy that kills the organism, and Beck electrification, low level electrical stimulation to destroy the microbes and increase antibiotic effectiveness