THERE are medicines available for almost every kind of medical ailment. Be it serious problems like diabetes or as minor a problem as a headache, there are pills and syrups that can take care of them. But what if the treatment doesn’t suit you? For this and some other reasons, ‘alternatives to medicine’ are very rapidly gaining popularity.
Alternative therapies have great healing powers, provided that they are being carried out the way as instructed by the experts. The therapies have both internal and external benefits. The most simple and cheap therapy as pointed by a medical expert in a workshop is that of love. A simple feeling of love, care, warmth and emotional security can help cure even the most severe ailments.
Surfing through the Net one comes across numerous kinds of extremely interesting sites on alternative therapies that guarantee quality reading time. And one of them is related to dancing.
Dance therapy helps people rediscover themselves, thus achieving greater self-awareness and a sense of wellbeing. By logging onto the portal www.medicomm.net/Consumer%20Site/am/dance.htm you will discover some amazing facts about this therapy. The site is well presented and you can learn a lot about it here. The first link gives you a little historical background about the movement therapy and also tells you about some of its aspects.
The site further explains the broad range of health benefits. Dance therapy has been proven to be clinically effective at improving body image, self esteem, attentiveness and communication skills. It can also reduce stress, fears, anxieties, as well as lessen feelings of isolation, body tension, chronic pain, and depression. this therapy also creates powerful social and emotional bonds by giving people a unique opportunity to express themselves fully and to interact with a number of people.
The site’s ‘experts’ also make it clear that for this therapy you do not necessarily need to know dance — this is probably the best part of it. However, the very experts caution users, who suffer from psychological and physical ailments, to consult their physician first before going for this therapy. More details can be read in the ‘Caution’ link. And if you are doubtful of the results, you can click onto the ‘What You Can Expect’ section and find out about the processes of this treatment. All in all great site for those who badly need this treatment. For more on Dance Therapy, you can also refer to www.dancetherapy.com.
Another very interesting therapy is colour therapy. The energy relating to each of these spectrum colours resonates with the energy of each of the seven main chakras (the term is well defined on the site) of the body. A balance of all these energies in the seven chakras achieves thus good health and well-being. A very comprehensive detail of the role of colours inside our body can be read on www.colourtherapyhealing.com. The crux of the discussion in this site is that the colour has a profound effect on us at all levels; physical, mental and spiritual. The address http://geocities.com/iiii_velvet_underground_iiii/COLOURTHERAPY.html describes the nature of some particular colours and their effects on our moods. For e.g., blue is soothing and calming.
When someone says laughter is the best medicine, you better take him seriously! Coming to a different type of therapy, laughter has many benefits. These include physiological, psychological and spiritual. And for this therapy, the humorous web site www.teehee.com is the best laughter therapy site I came across. In fact, it welcomes you with belly-shaking laughter, something that can easily make you laugh along. The site aims at making you feel better and helping you to fight the low moments of your life with the best ever know treatment for such a problem; you guessed it, laughter.
This is a huge site featuring quite a few interesting links such as ‘Reasons to Laugh’, ‘Latest News in Laughter’ and so on. Laughter strengthens your immune system, increases your intellectual abilities and makes your cheeks sore. The site also reviews the success stories of some people who have benefited from this therapy. Try it, it’s really effective.
Acupressure is a type of bodywork that involves pressing specific points on the body with the fingers, knuckles and palms (and sometimes the elbows and feet) to relieve pain, reduce stress and promote general good health. Acupressure has been known to relieve pain, reduce muscle tension and promote relaxation. A number of people have found that the therapy especially helps in easing back-pain and for certain types of headaches, including migraine. All the details from the very basic, the process of treatment, comprehensive details of health benefits and some cautions from experts can be read on http://www.medicomm.net/Consumer%20Site/am/accupressure.htm. It has also been found that this therapy holds cure for post-operative pain and nausea. The pressure point massage has also helped number of sufferers in easing congestion.
One of the most popular therapies that is attracting more and more people is that of meditation. It’s very difficult to describe what actually it is as it has to do more with internal parts of body than the external. One needs to sit and just concentrate and wait till the healing powers of this therapy shows their effect. The site, http://www.astroshastra.com/channel/meditation summarizes all the facts and benefits of meditation. Here, you can find numerous physical and mental benefits. People who meditate develop a charismatic personality, effective communication skills and increased overall hyperactivity. All the ‘easy’ steps to start off with this therapy are listed on this site.
Reiki (pronounced as “ray-kee”) is a therapeutic technique in which the healing energy is channelled, or conducted, through a practitioner’s hands into the person receiving the treatment. Reiki is believed to bring emotional and spiritual stability in the body The site http://health.indiamart.com/reiki/index.html gives comprehensive details about this therapy explaining its key features and some particular type of illnesses that can be cured this way. Further links on the site are ‘History of Reiki’ where the therapy is described since its ancient Japanese origins. ‘Effects of Benefits of Reiki’ and ‘How Does Reiki Heal?’ are also very reader friendly.
Biofeedback is yet another mind-body technique in which a practitioner uses a special monitoring machine to teach people how to control bodily functions, such as heart-rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, muscle tension etc. In this way people can try to cure themselves by their own effort. http://health.indiamart.com/biofeedback/index.html is an extension of the aforementioned site where this therapy is discussed in depth. In the ‘What Biofeedback Involves’ section, the user is explained how behaviour, thoughts and feelings profoundly influence physical health. The other section ‘When It Is Used?’ describes different medical conditions when the therapy can be effective, such as digestive disorders, migraines, epilepsy etc. The site also features links such as ‘Health News’ ‘Ask a Doctor’ and ‘Health Tool Kit’.
Hypnotic, musical, herbal, ayurveda and reflexology are some other kinds of equally popular therapies. Once you start browsing through the web for these therapies you will discover a lot more about them and may be easily convinced to start off your own practice with in few days.
THERE are medicines available for almost every kind of medical ailment. Be it serious problems like diabetes or as minor a problem as a headache, there are pills and syrups that can take care of them. But what if the treatment doesn’t suit you? For this and some other reasons, ‘alternatives to medicine’ are very rapidly gaining popularity.
