Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018): Complementary and Integrative Therapies in the Reproductive Process
The conceptual models of health and illness have changed throughout history. Indian Ayurveda or Chinese Traditional Medicine were based on the complex energy patterns that govern the Universe and their influence on human beings. In the Western world, the increasingly numerous Faculties of Medicine –founded in the Renaissance– monopolized the knowledge on health and illness, whereas women healers, which kept using integral care solutions based on natural medicine, were accused of witchcraft and burnt at the stake by the Inquisition. Although some western philosophers and scientists kept carrying out their research from a holistic perspective, considering body, mind and spirit simultaneously, this way of thinking started losing weight to chemical medicine and the separation between “mind” and “body”. During the 20th century, the allopathic health model completely outran the traditional healthcare therapies. However, from the 1960’s onwards, the disappointment of the population at the methods of allopathic medicine resulted in the revival of the concepts of “harmony, balance, integral health…”. The articles of this issue of the journal Musas: Reseach Journal of Women, Health and Society, coordinated by Maite Miranda García, discuss natural and complementary therapies which might be applied on women during the stages of the reproductive process.
Published:
2018-01-30
