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Why do I learn towards natural treatment for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome? Well, I’ve always been into alternative medicine, and conventional just has never worked well for me in the long run. It’s usually just a quick fix, and doesn’t get to the root cause of my symptoms.
I don’t believe in just being given a few pills, and hoping things go away. I love holistic medicine for this reason. It really looks at a variety of factors. It’s not as fast of a fix, but it has less long term side effects. I think a natural PCOS remedy works to bring the whole body into balance.
There are as many different types of natural treatments you can try as there are names for it.
While you may have heard these terms before, it can be easy to confuse them. I’ve put together a quick list of the main types of natural treatments.
While you may have heard these terms before, it can be easy to confuse them. I’ve put together a quick list of the main types of natural treatments.
Osteopathic Physician vs. Allopathic doctors:
Osteopathic physicians have the same training as allopathic physicians (M.D.’s) but also complete an extra 300-500 hours of study on manual medicine and the body’s musculoskeletal system.
Osteopathic medicine is dedicated to treating and healing the patient as a whole, rather than focusing on one system or body part. An osteopathic physician will often use a treatment method called osteopathic manipulative treatment (also called OMT or manipulation) — a hands-on approach to make sure that the body is moving freely. This free motion ensures that all of your body’s natural healing systems are able to work unhindered.
Like M.D.s, osteopathic physicians are licensed at the state level. Osteopathic physicians who wish to specialize may become “board certified” (in much the same manner as M.D.s) by completing a 2- to 6-year residency within the specialty area and passing the board certification exams.
D.O.s practice in all specialties of medicine, ranging from emergency medicine and cardiovascular surgery to psychiatry and geriatrics. A majority of osteopathic doctors use many of the medical and surgical treatments that are used by other medical doctors.
Holistic:
Is a term meaning any type of therapy that identifies with principles of holism in a system of therapeutics, esp. one considered outside the mainstream of scientific medicine, as naturopathy or chiropractic, and usually involving nutritional measures.
Alternative:
Healing arts not taught in traditional Western medical schools that promote options to conventional medicine that is taught in these schools.. An example of an alternative therapy is using a special diet to treat cancer instead of undergoing surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy that has been recommended by a Western physician. Complementary medicine is different from alternative medicine. Whereas complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine, alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine.
Naturopathy:
A system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
Acupuncture:
Acupuncture is a 3,000 year-old traditional form of Chinese medicine which uses small, sterilized needles at acupuncture points to regular the body’s energy meridians.
Energy is supposed to flow from particular paths of the body, each one associated with different parts of the body, and this is called “Qi.” Since PCOS is a hormonal imbalance, acupuncture works at regulating the hormonal “Qi.”
Many Western doctors recognize the positive effects of acupuncture, and it seems to be able to assist in stimulating ovulation.
Acupressure:
A type of massage in which finger pressure on the specific bodily sites described in acupuncture therapy is used to promote healing, alleviate fatigue, etc.
Herbal Therapy
Many people use a variety of different herbs to treat the symptoms of PCOS. Herbs can be just as strong as medication, so it’s important to consult with someone knowledgeable, usually an herbalist, and to consult your doctor and pharmacists if you are taking any drugs when you try herbs.
Homeopathy:
the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease
Other natural therapies you probably won’t be confused on the terminology are massage, reflexology, chiropractic treatment, and even yoga. Many of these treatments have been shown to decrease symptoms of PCOS, reduce stress, increase your immune system,and increase fertility.
