Let the Body Speak*

CHOOSING DIRECTIONS

Is it going in or out?  That is the Question!

When symptoms disappear during suppressive treatment (such as with drug "therapy") -they are usually on their way IN, into deeper layers of the organism.  A common example is a simple cold or flu - which, through suppressive treatment, can turn into bronchitis - and following aggressive drugging of that -may be transformed to pneumonia.  We all have heard about cases of eczema or other skin conditions that after long-term medicating (such as with cortisone) turned into a deeper condition -usually asthma.  It is worthwhile to remember this as a motto:

SUPPRESS NOW – PAY LATER.

The reverse phenomenon is also true:  When old symptoms re-surface during detoxification or when undergoing Holistic Therapy, they are on their way OUT!  The body will get rid of the debris layer after layer.  The more that the patient had suppressive measures in the past, the more layers he has accumulated and the more dramatic will be the clearing process.

How can we differentiate?

If a person displays a symptom -how can we tell if it's going in the right direction (outwardly) or in the wrong one (inwardly)?

It's relatively easy if we heed Hering's Law of Cure.  Let's remind ourselves...

Dr. Hering discovered that in the process of true healing, the symptoms will progress as follows:

* from above downward
* from inside outward
* from more vital to less vital organs -and
* in the reverse order of their original occurrence

With a little common-sense, we can quickly figure out that the reverse is also true... that during suppressive measures, the following progression of symptoms will occur:

* from below upward
* from outside inward
* from less important to more important organs
* from acute states to chronicity

So if we see that "bronchitis" (which is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes that lead to the lungs) -turns into pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) -it means that the disease progressed INWARDLY, into a deeper layer, probably due to the suppressive measures.  However, if we see a rash that regresses from the face and chest toward the abdomen and thighs -we know that it indicates the true direction of healing: from above downward.

After suppressive treatment (such as the use of antibiotics in case of flu), the patient feels weaker following the episode -and although he recuperated from the acute phase of illness (due to his Vital Force) -his immune system was greatly compromised.  In addition, if he took the full course of antibiotics (ten days), he may have seriously annihilated the friendly flora in the digestive tract, the micro-organisms that help us absorb vitamins and minerals from the gut into the blood stream -and which actually produce some essential nutrients that we need for maintaining our health.

After supportive therapy -such as Holistic, Homeopathic or Nutritional intervention -the person not only recovers faster, but actually is healthier and stronger following the episode, by virtue of having expelled the accumulated biological waste material and having fortified his immune system.

Understanding these concepts is of such importance to the Holistic approach, that we will re-address them -in greater detail -in the following chapters.