Holistic medicine could be defined as a form of healthcare where the various aspects of health work in harmony with each other so that body, mind and soul function normally as a whole and favorable health is achieved. The aspects of health that holistic medicine works with are mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and social.

Holistic medicine basically involves viewing a person as a whole, with a detailed analysis of nutritional, physical, emotional, environmental, spiritual, social and lifestyle values. It takes into consideration all standard methods of treatment and diagnoses which include synthetic drugs and surgery if no workable alternative is available. In addition, holistic medicine focuses on educating and making the person responsible for attaining and maintaining his overall health of body and mind.

As a health concept, holistic medicine has long been in existence. But it is only recently that it has been recognized by conventional medicine practitioners and today, it has been integrated into the main healthcare system.

The American Holistic Health Association was founded in 1989, and since then many regional holistic health chapters and associations have followed. The American Holistic Nurses Association is playing a significant role in moving holistic health into the mainstream for responsible health care.

Holistic medicine is not a discipline in itself but is an approach of the methodology that has to be adopted in treatment. The goal is to attain total wellness of a person. The process of holistic practice offers a person the chance to coordinate and understand his choreograph his own perception of health through appreciation of all facets of health and lifestyle balance.

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