As a holistic health practitioner, your job is to support the physical wellness, mental health, and spiritual stability of your patients through a combination of treatments. In this role, you select the best natural medicine for a condition to treat root causes instead of symptoms and ultimately help your patients live happier lives. The key difference between holistic health and traditional treatment plans is that traditional plans usually focus on a single aspect of a person, such as exclusively physical conditions. Holistic health focuses on all parts of a person. Holistic health should not be confused with alternative medicine, which typically has little or no scientific support.