Western school medicine is considered to be a discipline where patients are treated “segmentally.” The practitioner focuses on a particular part of the body, where he suspects 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 specialist for nervous diseases, a neurologist. A heart problem will be handle by a heart specialist, a cardiologist etc. in this sense, the patient will be segmented into anatomic parts, which fit into the specialty of the attending physician.
The holistic approach handles diseases differently. Here the entire body system is taken into consideration, since a disease is not necessarily originated at the location where the patient’s problems occur. All parts of our body are interconnected and influence each other. The outbreak of a disease is nothing but an alarm that the entire system is out of balance. Just treating that particular organ, where the problems occur, is not entirely successful, because this practice can boil down to a mere treatment of symptoms, not of causes.
Since tinnitus has a multitude of possible causes, singular and multifactorial, a segmental approach very soon reaches its limitations. This is also one reason why there are so many different treatments offered by the western school medicine, and only few are totally effective for a few patients. A holistic approach promises to be more effective, since right from the start the entire anatomy of the patient is involved in the therapeutic program, not restricting the treatment to the ears. Also psychological factors should be taken into consideration practicing the holistic approach. Stress, e.g., can be quite often a possible reason for the development of tinnitus. Taking a look at and into the ears of such a patient will not reveal a lot of diagnostic and therapeutic evidence for the problem, since stress takes place at another part of the body and translates ultimately into tinnitus as an alarm sign. In other words, holistic medicine will take the entire body (physiology) and also the psychology of the patient into consideration, and paying thus tribute to the natural setup of our physical existence as human beings.
The holistic cure of tinnitus has many facets and possible approaches. The following list demonstrates how variable a holistic treatment can be:
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 remember that the western school medicine seems to be almost helpless when it comes to those so called “civilization diseases.” Hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, and many more diseases are considered to be incurable, and western school medicine provides 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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