In the fast pace of today’s world where everybody is under constant pressure, people are now taking more interest in maintaining good health and well being. There is a general concern about disease and the environment: in particular how pollutants are affecting our health, and the way in which pesticides or contaminated animal feeds are affecting the vegetables and meat that we eat in our daily diet.
Adults and children also seem to be developing more allergic reactions to food and general pollutants in the environment, and diseases such as asthma are now particularly affecting children. One theory is that childhood asthma is on the increase because of increased traffic fumes, and also dust mites that present in everybody’s home.
People are also developing an increasing resistance to anti-biotics given to treat different infections and are investigating complimentary treatments that will help to build up the immune systems.
There are also diseases, such as ME, which can start after a viral infection, that have risen over the last 20 or 25 years. there is no cure present for ME, however, complimentary treatments such as aromatherapy, Western herbal medicine and nutritional therapy have been found to help sufferers by improving and balancing their general diet and boosting their immune systems, which are often at a very low ebb.
There has also been an overall rejection of the materialistic values of the hedonistic Eighties and nineties, And n the more caring turn of the century, people are having to work harder, often juggling work and children, and are suffering more stress because of it. But today they are more willing to undertake holistic therapies such as yoga, tai chi, and massage to help them cope with tension and overwork by relaxing both their bodies and minds.
Complimentary therapies have definitely become more popular. In fact in recent research in Britain it was discovered that Eight out of ten people had tried a natural medicine treatment and three- quarters of them reported it had either helped them or cured them. Doctors have also become more aware of complimentary health therapies when orthodox treatment alone does not seem work.
In fact some doctors will now refer a patient to an acupuncturist osteopath, chiropractor, for example to improve a problem that is difficult to resolve.
Natural medicine or complementary treatment can do so much to improve a person’s mental attitude and to help or cure various ailments, but in cases of serious or terminal illness only certain therapies will be suitable and should never be taken instead of orthodox treatment alone, but rather alongside it.
Acu-Care Naturopathics is a traditional TCM clinic and is centrally located for many of Perth’s suburbs: such as Vic Park, South Perth, Belmont, Lathlain, Carlisle, and so on.
if you would like to find out if acupuncture can improve you’r health then call 9478-1415.
Best of health
Paul Neilson