Differences Between...
| Allopathic Medicine | Holistic Medicine | |
| Overall: | Treats symptoms | finds causes |
| Outlook: | Looks at specialized parts | Looks at integrated whole |
| parts are not connected | everything is connected body, mind, emotions & spirit | |
| Emotionally: | neutral | caring/accepting |
| Pain/disease: | negative | communication of the body |
| Intervention: | invasive | non-invasive & gentle |
| Remedies: | Drugs, surgery , radiation | diet, exercise, massage |
| Disease: | an entity to fight | a process to heal |
| Focus: | eliminate disease | achieve health |
| Body: | a machine needing | dynamic system striving for repair, "fix it" balance & self-repair |
| dependent | autonomous | |
| Doctor: | the authority | the partner & support |
| Body/mind: | separate | connected |
| Mind: | secondary factor | primary/coequal |
| Placebo: | power of suggestion | power of mind in healing |
| Charts, tests & diagnosis | patients reports, intuition & intellect | |
| Prevention: | Little prevention | prevention, education & promoting healthy lifestyles |
| Medicine: | combats disease | support for restoring mind drives disease deeper body balance & health |
| Many side effects | safe | |
| Goal: | cure | healing & wholeness |
| Patients: | obey doctor's orders | Clients: active role in healing |
| The doctor is responsible | The client participates & is responsible | |
| Costs: | High | Cost effective |
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