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Namah Holistic healing and alternative therapies

made to believe that their health depends alternative therapies is primarily directed
on doctors and the medical care system! It at reducing toxaemia; and then further,
has made people unnecessarily dependent they attempt then to remove the deeper
on the medical profession. At the same time, causes that generate this toxaemia in the
the healthcare system has become very body. When the toxin level is reduced, the
expensive, highly technical, very specialised, natural intelligence of the body (the higher or
and unnecessarily complicated. It depends holistic consciousness) takes over and does
entirely upon intricate tests, expensive the healing. In this approach great care is
high-tech machines, and powerful drugs taken not to suppress the symptoms, since
like antibiotics or surgical interventions. it obstructs the natural feedback mechanism
As a result you, the lay person, the receiver that the vital force uses to perform the
of healthcare, can hardly be expected to function of healing.
help yourself or your dear ones in health
matters. c. How does the notion of ‘healing’ differ from the
notion of ‘cure’?
This problem is further compounded by newer Modern medical science wants you to think of
discoveries that are made by researchers every a disease in terms of infections and chemical
day. They continuously put forward numerous deficiency. They consider a disease in the
hypotheses and theories, which may or may body to be an ‘outside-in’ process. That
not be true, but which only confuse the public is, the disease is considered to be a result
and tell them that the subject of health is of invasion by outside agents like germs,
beyond their comprehension or reach. This is bacteria, viruses or parasites; or that it arises
how the modern healthcare system chooses due to a deficiency of some chemicals that
to project itself to the people. have to be supplied from an external
source. The term ‘curing’ is used when
b. The alternative approach the treatment is made to rely on external
In contrast to the modern approach, holistic processes to restore the health.
therapies tell you that you can learn to
maintain your health without depending Natural or holistic healing systems, on the
on doctors, medicines and hospitals. And other hand, consider the primary cause
you can do it by simply learning to think of disease to arise from inside the person.
holistically and by taking some simple self- Hence, the ailment in the body is regarded
help measures that will restore your vitality as a result of an ‘inside-out’ process. The
and keep you healthy. inner causes make the person susceptible to
external agents of disease and deficiency-
The alternate healing systems consider related disorders. Both the external and inner
toxaemia to be the primary cause of ailments causes exist, but more importance is given
in the body. It is a perceived ‘diseased state’ to the inner causes since they precede the
that arises when toxins accumulate in the external factors.
body at the cellular level. Deeper causes of
toxaemia usually arise from our lifestyle, For this reason the holistic treatment mainly
diet and emotions. Hence, the treatment in focuses on correcting the ‘internal causes’

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