Western school medicine is believed to be a field where patients are treated segmentally. The practitioner focuses on a particular part of the body, where he assumes to be the cause for the disease, or where the pain is located. For example, a patient suffering from a nerve disease will be treated by a medical specialist for nervous diseases, a neurologist. A heart problem will be handled by a heart specialist, a cardiologist etc. In this sense, the patient will be fragmented into anatomic parts, which fit into the specialty of the attending doctor.
Speaking about holistic medicine, things turn out completely different. Since the entire body is a system where all units are interrelated with each other, the location of symptions can not necessarily be seen as their place of origin. There is a persisting”flow of traffic” between several kinds of organs, each one depending on the other. Symptoms of a disease, hence, are nothing but warning signals coming from the body, giving note to us that our system is experiencing a state of “out of balance”. Only concentrating on the symptoms of a patient might bring some kind of ease, but does not contribute much to the remedy of the fundamental cause of the disease.
Tinnitus has a multitude of possible causes, which cannot be explained alone by “ear problems”. This multitude of potential causes is reaon why there is a multitude of possible interventions in western school medicine, with most of them missing the point altogether. Going holistic, the primary effort of the doctor will be to take other causes into consideration than only those starting up in the ear region. Even psychologic factors might play a domiant contributing role, which is going far beyond the HEENT’s practial experience. Stress is quite a factor which promotes the development of tinnitus, which cannot be determined by examining the ears alone. The development of tinnitus serves generally as an “alarm sign”, coming from the body, not from the ears. Thus, holistic medicine takes a look at the total setup of potential conditions, taking into consideration that the human body is a network of interacting units, which cannot be viewed as divided singular elements.
There is a multitude of possible grounds for the development of tinnitus. Consequently there is a variety of potential therapeutic approaches to the problem, as listed below:
Acupuncture and Acupressure, Alexander Technique, Aromatherapy, Autosuggestion / Hypnosis, Ayurveda, Bach Flower Remedy, Biofeedback, Deep Breathing, Chiropractic, Color Therapy, Diet, Vitamin and nutritional Supplements, Guided Imagery and Visualization, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Lifestyle, Massage, Meditation, Mind/Body Medicine, Nutrition, Reflexology, Relaxation, Tissue Salts
With all this in mind, we have also to recall that the western school medicine seems to be almost lost when it comes to those so called civilization ailments. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, arthritis, and many more diseases are regarded to be final, and western school medicine offers nothing but pain and disease management. The truth is that a good prophylaxis and holistic treatment increase the possibility of a successful cure for all these diseases, including tinnitus.
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