HEALTH

It is not the herbs that are used that do the curing or produce the results. It is the body's use of the herbs and the chemicals that compose the herbs that produces the result. This is usually an unconscious process. The average being has to be co-dependent, in American Western orthodox culture, upon the use of medication to achieve certain results, but it is as much the expectations of the physicians, the biochemists, over many years, and the brainwashing involved that produce the result, as it is the actual medication itself, you see.

Spiritual beings learn to use psychosomatics consciously, to heal, rather than become co-dependent on any particular philosophy or technique. A personal, homegrown ideology means "Certain external things make me feel more empowered so that I can heal the vexations that irritate me." But it is you who are doing the healing. It is true that herbs and various techniques will assist the process, but still, in part, 50% of it is the intentionality behind it, the will to improve and to cooperate with the healing process. "I accept the symptoms, whatever they may be. I am at peace with them and I understand it is a communication and I also give myself the suggestion that this process is leading to an excellent end result of adaptation that is superior to any experience before, and that when it fulfills its purpose, it shall pass."

Illness (if I must use such a charged and stereotyped term), of whatever degree, is a method of regaining equilibrium. Basically it means there is the increased need for self-care, that one has temporarily stepped out of certain comfort zones and is experiencing some distress in the transition process as a new comfort zone is being established. The use of herbs and vitamin therapies are synergistically functional, rather than either therapy alone. Food is the best medicine, indeed, and a portion of assisting the natural processes of the physical body is the understanding that a symptom does not mean something's wrong, but often, that something is right, because symptoms are the transitional externalization of change, and change is what maintains health, homeostasis, balance.

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Massages stimulate biochemicals stored in muscle mass and organ systems in the flesh vehicle. The adequate supplementation of nutritional substances and antioxidants of, perhaps, also herbal nature, every three hours after treatment for nine hours will be adequate for most clients--varied, of course, according to the climatic dictates of each individual's needs. Toxins released into the bloodstream, as a result of medical treatments and also lifestyle patterns, that are not neutralized by antioxidants and plenty of water to flush them out of the system can reintegrate into cell structures because of incomplete elimination, and reinitiate a whole cycle of health difficulties, including mood swings and psychological states reminiscent of mild to severe substance abuse intoxication. Because bodywork, acupuncture, acupressure and a host of additional therapies can quite frequently cause release into the lymph and bloodstream of accumulated cell toxins and related chemical compounds, you are advised to inquire of nutritional and herbal cleansings to use as an adjunct to holistic therapies, as a finishing step, to ensure your treatments. (Ask your physician.)