One therapy is a treatment applied to cure any disorder or eliminate some pain. For natural therapy is one that is not resorted to the use of drugs or any other substance or artificial method.

Under this concept are grouped multitude of disciplines that can not be covered with a single definition. Nor is there a law that regulates all or specialists who pursue them.

Today, however, this type of alternative medicine treatments are increasingly widespread. Many chronically ill who combine conventional medicine with some of these therapies.

Types of natural therapies

Some of the most popular natural therapies at the moment are as follows:

·  Tai chi: martial art of Chinese origin that is characterized by slow and harmonious conduct of a series of movements. His practice is believed to benefits for physical and mental health.

Among positive effects would be reduced stress and improved disorders such as hypertension or headaches.

·  Yoga: discipline Hindu origin that combines physical and mental. Depending on the type that is practiced takes a different position, but it always will be accompanied control breathing and meditation.

Among its goals are physical and mental relaxation. They are learning to control the body, mind and breathing in order to achieve his relaxation and purification on a voluntary basis.

But apart from these other every day are known as aromatherapy, reflexology or chocolaterapia.

Acupuncture

It consists of nailing needles in certain parts of the body as the disease that one is concerned. It has its roots in traditional Chinese medicine.

This technique seeks to balance the flow of body energy positive and negative, in which imbalance would be the source of the disease. It is considered particularly effective in curing headaches and pains in bones.

Aromatherapy

It is a technique based on the application of essential oils through massage. The aim is to alleviate disorders such as stress, headache and insomnia.

The oils are composed from flowers and other plants. The natural scent through massage and application of oils contributes to the relaxation and through it to the elimination of problems.

Shiatsu

This is a type of massage based on exerting pressure on certain points of the body. Its goal is like that of acupuncture balancing life energy acting on the same areas of the body.

It is native to Japan and it is treated ailments such as headache, backache, stress or other disorders.

Quiromasaje

This term is called a series of massage techniques. Using the same aims to relieve pain and muscle tension.

There are different types of massage depending on the deal you want to be wrong. Aesthetic purposes can be achieved with the elimination of cellulite or muscle injuries.

Foot reflexology

This technique involves massaging the feet not only to alleviate the ills that have them, but to alleviate disruptions in other parts of the body.

Consider that at the bottom there are areas that reflect different parts of the body. Therefore, if this is the area of the foot will relieve the corresponding body part that is reflected in it.

Lymphatic drainage

It is a type of massage that acts on the lymphatic system helping to remove toxins and improve distribution of liquid that he circulates.

Besides being positive in the treatment of cellulitis, serves to strengthen the immune system, as it is by this system by the circulating white blood cells.

Feng Shui

This technique is balancing life energy from the search for balance between the vital forces, the yin and yan. These interpretations of the human being comes from traditional Chinese medicine.

According to the theory of this technique from the spatial distribution of the furniture, geographical location, the position of the objects and the hue of colors can be changes in the vital forces.

Alexander Technique

They are learning to use the body in the best possible way. The classes will attempt to identify what makes the student in their daily lives causing back pain or stress.

Once discovered, will attempt to learn how to prevent their realization. The objective is to improve the postures, breathing and execution of movements.

Worth noting

These and other therapies are used in many cases by different schools of alternative medicine. So osteopathy resorted to the use of massage, homeopathy medicinal preparations without chemicals and traditional Chinese medicine goes, for example, to acupuncture.