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“She was buying Christmas presents for her son that day, and really had a tremendous amount of energy.

She seemed wonderful, and very, very grounded and strong.” In her introduction to the first segment of “The New Medicine,” Reeve tells viewers: “Your emotional state has a tremendous amount to do with sickness, health and well-being.

For years, my husband and I lived on – and because of – hope.

Hope continues to give me the mental strength to carry on.” The project was the last she is known to have completed before her March 6 death, and it was a fitting one: “The New Medicine,” which debuts at 9 p.m.

today, looks at how mainstream doctors are embracing treatment of the whole patient – not just symptoms of a disease.

Reeve’s appearance after her death unintentionally underscores one of the central points of the documentary: Holistic medicine is a tool for fighting illness – not a cure-all.

“Part of the challenge is we get patients all the time that are really looking for a magic cure,” said Dr.

Tracy Gaudet, an obstetrician-gynecologist who heads the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine in Durham, N.C.

“We’re not in the business of magic cures; we’re in the business of good medic...

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