Healing arts

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The Healing Arts include all of the Health Sciences and Alternative Medicine, as well as a host of traditional practices aimed to cure disease, heal injury and promote wellness.

Scope of the Healing Arts

Practices that are aimed to heal include non-invasive physical manipulations such as massage, the adjustments of the chiropracter. Ingestion of foods and herbs, and the ingestion of medicines.

History of the Healing Arts