Main types of holistic therapies – Blog

Better understand when to use and what holistic therapy is with other examples of holistic therapies.

• ACUPUNCTURE – What is it?

One of the techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture consists of applying needles to specific points on the body. Its philosophical basis indicates that these points affect different organs and are located on energy channels (called meridians) that spread throughout the body.

• AROMATHERAPY – WHAT IS IT?

It uses essential oils from leaves, flowers or wood to alleviate symptoms and improve well-being. Oils can be inhaled, burned or spread throughout the body.

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• CHROMOTHERAPY – What is it?

It is based on the idea that colors (pulse patterns) have a comprehensive healing effect. The treatments involve food, way of dressing, relationship with the environment, in addition to the visualization of colors for therapeutic effect.

Get a better understanding of chromotherapy in color energy and colors for the new year or see our specialist chromotherapy therapists.

They are flower essences diluted in cognac. The best known, the Bach flower remedies, were prepared by the English physician Edward Bach, at the end of the 19th century, and are indicated according to the personality of each patient, promising to cure various diseases.

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It consists of manipulating plants and herbs to cure diseases and reduce symptoms. It preaches that plants should be consumed in their entirety and not combined with chemical substances that enhance the effect of the active ingredient, as in orthodox medicine.

Invented in the 18th century, it is a medical specialty in Brazil, not yet recognized as such in countries with a tradition of alternative medicine, such as Canada and the United States.

For other holistic therapy approaches, see What is alternative therapy?.