NSLS - May 2024 - Lionheart’s Newsletter Article (Published):

How Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) Adds Value to Western Medicine

With the simple addition of a holistic practitioner, a patient can leverage the benefits of good health on every level!

For example, if you go to a conventional healthcare doctor for neck pain, they might prescribe you medication or enroll you in physical therapy. If you have a holistic service available, they will use that information to work on finding the root cause, such as the condition of your spiritual life, social life, and if you are holding any large burdens on yourself.

Holistic services offer a complementary approach to Western healthcare by addressing the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of well-being. Here's how they can complement each other:

Preventative care: Holistic services often emphasize preventive care through lifestyle changes, nutrition, and stress reduction techniques. This can complement Western healthcare by reducing the risk of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.

Mind-Body Connection: Holistic practices like yoga, meditation, reiki, and acupuncture focus on the mind-body connection, promoting relaxation and stress reduction. This can enhance the effectiveness of Western treatments by reducing stress-related symptoms and improving overall mental health.

Patient Empowerment: Holistic services empower patients to take an active role in their health by providing education, tools, and resources to make informed decisions about their well-being. This complements Western healthcare by promoting self-care and patient autonomy, leading to better health outcomes.

Complementary Therapies: Holistic services offer a wide range of complementary therapies such as massage, energetic healing,

herbal & plant medicine, which can help alleviate symptoms and improve overall well-being. Integrating these therapies with Western treatments can enhance the patient's quality of life and support their recuperation.

My experience as CEO of a holistic health company is that there is evolving support within the medical community to offer holistic care (addressing spiritual health), to patient’s unique needs.

Yet I have seen big business within the healthcare providers, often resist and slow down the inevitable.

This gives birth to the existence of complementary health services, which aim to bridge the gap between a patient’s spiritual health and physical health. People who are exposed to lightwork and holistic medicine often can see the health benefits of incorporating their spiritual health with traditional healthcare.

It is time to expand our toolbox for healing. For example, just think about how the ancient world, Egyptians, and even modern China view healthcare.

With all the diseases, illnesses, pollution, and coercive energy we are all exposed to, being progressively healthy is key to happiness, career success, prosperity, or simply life.

The goal is to create opportunities to integrate complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into well-established Western medicine.

 

Tim Hugh O’Neil

Lionheart Complementary Health Network

800 J Street, Downtown Sacramento CA

www.lionheart-health.net