Natural Stress Relief
Medical science is starting to catch on to what many have known since even before the 16th Century, natural stress relieving remedies and practices are just as effective pharmaceuticals, and, on the whole, much safer, to bring our bodies into a natural state of health. Through an increasing number of clinical studies, the ancient wisdom of Traditional Oriental Medicine is being proven effective even in today’s world where the stress is our constant companion due to the prevalence of toxins in our water and foods, the ubiquitousness of technology with its radiation and the information that overloads our time and minds, and the difficulty we have staying connected to each other, ourselves, and nature.
The Science Behind Nature
For well over the past two decades, government, universities, and private researchers have been spending time and money validating the effectiveness of ancient practices such as yoga, meditation, and the eating of certain natural foods, and the use of herbs as viable forms of health care. What healers and wise people have known for centuries is not only becoming part of the fabric of our mainstream culture, but also becoming known as scientific fact.
Biomedical researchers are at work in well-respected places such as Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (food studies), Harvard University (meditation), Yale University (meditation), UCLA (yoga), and there are many ongoing clinical trials looking at the efficacy of herbal medicines funded by the National Institutes of Health and worldwide organizations. The usefulness of herbs has been shown for the relatively simple, but epidemic suffering from stress (Siberian Ginseng) all the way to the more complex treatment of AIDS (Africa Flower).
Because of this unprecedented focus, more and more doctors are “prescribing” natural ways to their patients and access to more natural treatments is only improving. Instead of just prescribing a bill to lower cholesterol or anxiety, doctors are educating their patients on healthy eating, giving them realistic ways to exercise, and some are even suggesting natural supplements in lieu of prescriptions when there is no immediate threat to life. Prevention is become more and more important even in the Western health care culture.
