An In-Depth Discussion On Natural Health And Healing

Here is a discussion on natural health and healing, including its aims, what it entails, its core principles, how it works, how it’s different from allopathic medicine, and why it could appear unproven or unscientific.

I had first written and published this very lengthy article on another website back in 2008, with some minor updates carried out. (WARNING: This article is VERY long.)

Do note that, here, the terms “natural health and healing” and “natural health modalities” are used rather interchangeably.

Natural Health Modalities, in other words Natural Health and Healing, are effective and can benefit everyone

Introduction to Natural Health and Healing / Natural Health Modalities

Natural health and healing harnesses the human body’s amazing ability to keep well and heal itself of almost any condition.

I view natural health and healing as having two main aims – the first a more general one, i.e. the attainment of good health; and the second a more specific one, i.e. the tackling of particular ailments, diseases and conditions.

Both these aims can be achieved via two main elements, i.e. a series of natural and good health habits, as well as the use of specific natural health remedies, cures, protocols and methods.

Natural health and healing’s core belief is that our bodies have the blueprint for good health, even perfect health, and we just need to create and provide the right conditions, the right “terrain”, so-to-speak, for our bodies to carry out their work.

This is done through a few main steps, namely:

• removing from the body and reducing the intake of harmful substances, which include chemical poisons, environmental toxins, and harmful organisms such as parasites, bacteria and viruses, i.e. Detoxification;

• providing right and effective Nutrition for the body;

• getting the body’s systems, for example the circulatory system (blood), the lymphatic system, the eliminative organs, circulating, moving and working properly;

• strengthening the body’s immune system in various ways;

• dealing with any emotional or spiritual issues which may exist, such as an unresolved traumatic or grief experience; and

• having a positive attitude, outlook and mindset. This is rarely emphasized but very important.

If you think this is too simple or too good to be true, then think back to the last time you had a cut or a bruise. Did you have to “instruct” your body on what to do, or manually use skin cells to patch up or sew up the wound?

No. Your body knew what to do, and could do its job as long as it had the right tools, for example the white blood cells to kill the germs infecting the wound, the right nutrients to build new skin, and good circulation to bring these elements to the injured area.

Now, this philosophy applies to all kinds of disease, even dangerous ones. Of course, the more serious a condition, then the more effort one would have to put into making changes to one’s lifestyle as well as to carrying out healing routines.

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