An In-Depth Discussion On Natural Health And Healing

• Definition of Holistic Health – dealing with the body as a whole – Conventional medicine / common opinion tends to treat the body as separate parts, and thus tends to de-link certain causes and effects.

For example, if one has a headache, there must be something wrong with one’s head or brain, so that part and that part alone is treated; if one grows a lung tumor, it is a lung problem, and the lung is treated accordingly; the headache and lung tumor are not viewed as caused by weaknesses in other parts of the body.

Natural health and healing views the human body as a whole, intrinsically linked in many ways, most of which we do not even understand.

So, if one grows a lung tumor, there are many contributing factors, which could include an impaired liver, a constipated colon, weak kidneys, poor oxygenation of cells, lack of exercise, Vitamin D deficiency, etc, all of which must be addressed in some way for healing to take place. Weak kidneys could be caused by poor liver function.

Our body systems are highly interlinked! Thus, holistic healing is very important because nothing works all by itself.

It is difficult to effect permanent, long-lasting improvements unless one makes changes to one’s diet and lifestyle. For example, you can’t stuff yourself with fast food like there’s no tomorrow, drink cartons of alcohol and smoke packets of cigarettes, and expect to heal and be well in a matter of days after taking a handful of herbs!

It takes a long time for your body to break down, and it will also take some time for healing to take place.

In using natural health modalities for healing, it is important to be holistic because we can never be sure WHY a particular part of the body is weak – it is often caused by weaknesses in OTHER parts of the body.

In addition, another great advantage of using multiple strategies is that they often have a synergistic effect e.g. two herbs are more powerful when used together as compared to the sum of their individual effectiveness, or strengthening one body system also leading to the improvement of another system, or a particular enzyme helping in the assimilation of a certain vitamin, etc.

• Definition of Holistic Health – dealing with the non-physical aspects – Conventional medicine / common opinion tends to ignore the emotional, mental, spiritual and social aspects of a person. Treatment given by a medical doctor or in a conventional hospital rarely includes counseling, prayer, meditation and the addressing of possible emotional trauma.

Natural health and healing recognizes that emotional, mental, spiritual and social issues play a critical role in causing disease and thus must be addressed in order for healing to take place.

It is worth reiterating the importance of holistic healing – nothing works on its own, and it’s difficult to be well physically when one has a negative mental outlook or unresolved emotional issues, for what we think and feel can cause disease.

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