Natural Health Works In Harmony With The Human Body (First Do No Harm)

Another example is medication for high blood pressure, which weakens the heart. When you develop a chronic illness, your body is already weak and loaded with toxins, yet you take drugs, which then further poison the body and make it harder to effect a cure.

These methods clearly violate the principle of “first do no harm”, and goes against how the human body works.

Natural Health Principle No. 4

The fourth of the natural health principles is to ‘first do no harm’, and to WORK WITH the body to heal itself, and not to carry out or consume things which would harm the body, whether in the short run or the long-term.

This natural health principle adheres to the Hippocratic Oath or Hippocratic principle of “First Do No Harm”.

Working with the body makes sense, because the body has the innate wisdom and ability for self-preservation, to keep itself alive and well, and to GET WELL.

One thing here to note, is that in working with the body to heal itself, one’s condition sometimes has to become worse before turning for the better.

This is sometimes termed a “healing reaction” or a “detox reaction”, and is due to the body’s attempts to clean, detoxify and heal itself. This could be in a form of a headache or extreme tiredness, among others.

For example, when one undergoes a detoxification program using juices and herbs, toxins are flushed from one’s organs and tissues, where they have been stored for years, and are brought back into circulation.

This could make one feel sick, until they are removed from the body via the elimination channels, after which one starts to heal and feel better.

The human body works in mysterious and wonderful ways – and one of the most important things we have to remember is to ‘first do no harm’ to it!

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