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Wellness is a state beyond absence of illness but rather aims to optimize well-being. [2]The notions behind the term share the same roots as the alternative medicine movement, in 19th-century movements in the US and Europe that sought to optimize health and to consider the whole person, like New Thought, Christian Science, and Lebensreform.
Alternative medicine is a term often used to describe medical practices where are untested or untestable.Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrated medicine or integrative medicine (IM), functional medicine, and holistic medicine are among many rebrandings of the same phenomenon.
Aegle, goddess of radiant good health; Hera, goddess of childbirth; she was called upon for women's safety during childbirth and for good health of the infants; Heracles Apotropaios, god of strength and athletes; he was trained in medicine and called on to avert plagues. Hygieia, goddess of cleanliness and sanitation; Iaso, goddess of cures and ...
Positive health of a person is defined as the ability to live long in good health without activity limitation. [1] This implies the availability of mechanism in the body to thwart the ailments and to minimize their adverse effect if they strike. The concept has evolved over time and has seen significant changes.
Panacea (the goddess of universal health) Hygieia ("Hygiene", the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation) Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness) Aceso (the goddess of the healing process) Aegle (the goddess of radiant good health) Panacea also had four brothers:
Afterlife: (or life after death) A generic term referring to a purported continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or a personal reputation that is so strong as to be capable of persistent social influence long after death. (see also soul)
Warrior and Family Center Support Center Healing Garden: A Garden for Soldiers – Recipient of the 2015 Therapeutic Garden Design Award by the AHTA. [12] The garden, located in San Antonio, Texas, at the Brooke Army Medical Center, is dedicated to soldiers and their families to assist and comfort them through their physical and emotional ...
With physical trauma or disease suffered by an organism, healing involves the repairing of damaged tissue(s), organs and the biological system as a whole and resumption of (normal) functioning. Medicine includes the process by which the cells in the body regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or necrotic area and replace it with ...