Natural Healing Methods Around The World

Happy Friday all!
So sorry I didn't post yesterday, had a 5 hour test to do at hospital and when I got home I was just tooo dang tired!  As promised  I am going to share with you the healing practices around the world that have evolved to secure the well-being and good health of the population. These healing traditions are richly diverse but share many beliefs in the healing powers of nature, ourselves and higher beings
~Peace~
Natural Healing Methods Around The World
Europe
Flower Remedies~Plant and flower extracts in the UK are immersed in alcohol to form the basis of flower remedies.
Faith Healing~Also in the UK, mediums and "sensitives" channel spirit guides and perform faith healings.
Aromatherapy~In France, aromatic oils distilled from herbs such as rosemary and lavender are used for their therapeutic properties.
Homeopathy~This 200-year old German therapy is based on the principle that the same substance that causes disease in a healthy person can help to cure the symptoms in a sick person.
  
Russia
Astral Travel~The shamen of the northern Russia Steppe use music, dance, drugs and meditation to enter astral plane and commune with healing spirits
Australia
Aboriginal Medicine~The understanding of the therapeutic properties of plants and minerals and a spiritual relationship with the natural world, form the basis of the Native Australians' healing tradition.
Asia
Ayurveda~The ancient Indian Vedic texts teach the importance of the patient as a union of mind, body and spirit in perfect balance.Macrobiotics~ As with Ayurveda, the Japanese balance the correct types of food for long life.
Shiatsu~A Japanese form of therapeutic massage, shiatsu heals by manipulating the flow of energy through the body's energy points.
Shamanic Dances~Tibetan and Nepalese shamen dance themselves into a trance to make spiritual contact with healing spirits.
Yoga~In India, the gentle Hindu exercise of yoga is believed to assist in physical and mental healing and well-being.
Africa
Dogon Blood-Letting~The medicine men of the West African Dogon tribe suck blood from the patient, ridding them of the evil spirits that they believe cause illness.
The Americas
Navajo Medicine~Herbal remedies, art, music and dance are used in elaborate healing rites by the Native American Navajo people.
Crystal Healing~Gemstones, such as quartz and amethyst, are believed to be psychic batteries that can store and emit healing energies.
Voodoo~In Haiti, the voodoo faithful combine spiritualism and herbalism in their natural healing ceremonies.
Psychic Surgery~Working in a trance, the psychic surgeons of South America (and the Philippines) need only a rusty knife - or even just bare hands - to cut out diseased or cancerous tissue from the body.
Hallucinogens~Amazonian Indians use hallucinogenic plants to seek out guidance for cures from the spirit world.