What are the basic principles of holistic health care?
Holistic health care is built upon the law of nature which states that a whole is made up of interdependent parts. It states that like the Earth is made of systems, such as air, land, plants and animals so is an individual made up of interdependent parts, which comprise of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Thus when one part is not working at its best, other parts of that individual are affected too! This principle also states that everything in the environment is constantly interacting with everything else in the surrounding environment, for e.g. anxiousness over an exam may result in a physical reaction. Holistic health care views wellness as a whole along a line in which the line represents all possible degrees of health. The far left hand side of the line represents premature death while the far right hand side is the highest possible level of wellness of maximum well-being. The center of the line represents lack of apparent disease. All levels of illness are then plac
