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Thou Heal Thyself

The current situation in the world is not something that we can be proud of. Well, there are numerous creatures in existence on this planet and we humans are one among the diverse earth life forms. 

And the cause of worry is that over 95 % of entire world’s population has one or the other health issues. It is as though the whole of human race is plagued by diseases. As noted by Science Daily, in 2013 just one in 20 people reported that they had no diseases. This staggering number converts to approximately 4.3 % of world’s population. 

So it implies that the rest 95.7 % suffer from various diseases. And, here is a more astonishing fact – cause of these diseases appear to remain the same in the past two decades. 

The analysis completed by Global Burden of Disease Study also indicates that few of the major health disorders continually distressing human beings are mental depression, low back pain, anaemia, neck pain and hearing impairment. 

That obviously explains the agitation about carrying out experiments to obtain a cure to these illnesses and a failure to have reached any logical conclusion. 

What are causing these problems? Why are we unable to find any reasonable explanation and accordingly treat the patients with these ailments? 

It seems though that we are not getting anywhere about these questions. However, as always happens in such situations, hope carries us forward. And in this case, hope shows us the way in terms of alternative therapies.

The field of medicine that looks beyond the conventional ways of treating a disease is getting recognition and following gradually. It is not that surprising, anyway for the reason that the basic premise in most of these alternative healing techniques is that healing occurs naturally. 

“You heal yourself”. 

Thus people who apply their rational mind towards obtaining a reasonable justification wouldn’t get one. How can one remove a disease by himself just by the help of nature? Is there a scientific evidence to it? 

Well, allopathy has evolved to such a state in which there is a justification in terms of chemical reactions of drugs that will be consumed and resulting healing effects on our brain and physical body.

In this context of alternative medicine, an array of such practices claimed to be derived from principles found in nature that is gaining popularity is “Naturopathy”. As you can observe from the term, it is strongly associated with nature. It involves a few techniques such as homeopathy, herbal medicine, water therapy, dietary counselling, acupuncture and acupressure.

A naturopath is someone who utilizes these natural therapies and administers them to patients in order to heal them. One of the core principles that a naturopath strongly believes is in the innate healing power of nature. 

The known fact that human beings are part of nature along with other life forms becomes an important factor to be imbibed in one’s mind. It banks on the belief system that our body has the ability to take care of itself. Of course it might require help in the process and which is what is getting facilitated through various techniques.

This process would be a combination of relief resulting from outside the body and a cure that is an outcome from within the body.     

The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) defines naturopathic medicine as:

"A distinct system of primary health care-an art, science, philosophy, and practice of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness. Naturopathic medicine is distinguished by the principles upon which its practice is based. These principles are continually re-examined in the light of scientific advances. The techniques of naturopathic medicine include modern and traditional, scientific, and empirical methods".

Another important ideology of naturopathy is to find the underlying cause of illness and treat it accordingly. It has always been alleged that allopathy provides quick relief to the ailment thereby easing the pain or reducing the symptoms however results in adverse side effects in most cases. 

Naturopathic physicians think of symptoms as an external manifestation of a disturbance in the harmony of energy flows into and out of the body. This disturbance can be caused by either physical or mental imbalances or even a combination of both.

So naturopathy tends to go into the depth to understand the cause and believes that removal of cause will free the patient of disease without creating any other side effects.

“Prevention is better than cure”, goes the old adage. This is of utmost importance while practicing naturopathy. It involves looking at the whole person and not just barely glancing at the disease symptoms. 

The lifestyle of patient is discussed, dietary counselling will be held as part of the therapy which goes beyond solving the current problem. The person currently being treated would become far more powerful within his or her environment and avoid getting into the traps of illnesses lurking to drain the energy in possession. 

Considering the underlying philosophy, naturopathy seems to have successfully treated chronic conditions. Patients suffering from these diseases would have lost all hopes of getting back on track with the conventional therapy. 

As a last resort, they would have come to seek help from naturopathy. And, yes, we hear many testimonies of alternative therapies healing them completely or at least would have brought them hope of living a fulfilled life.

Of course it comes at a price. And here the price one has to pay is in terms of time & patience. Yes, naturopathy does not administer a magic potion that if one drinks would immediately be cured of all diseases. 

It has its own way of healing. It consumes lot of time, requires a healthy, open communication between the patient and doctor. More importantly it demands lot of patience from both the person being treated and the one who carries out the treatment.

Well, even though naturopathy is still considered to employ pseudoscientific practices to obtain a cure for a disease, prevent occurrences of ailments by analysis of patient’s holistic environment, it is gradually getting attention. 

There is also strong resistance from medical professionals that naturopathy is not only ineffective but also dangerous and unethical. But remember, doing no harm is one of the pillars on which naturopathy rests. It advocates techniques that are gentle, non-invasive and announces that human body has the power to heal itself.

Do we really have that power? Has nature already bestowed us with this ability that we have forgotten? Or is this just another fad which will not last long?

Only time will reveal the truth.    

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Man is what he makes of himself

The way one grows from the time of birth until death is the essence of life. Nobody has a definite answer about what will happen after death however one definitely gets many opportunities during the course of an entire lifetime to learn the right ways of leading life. 

Of course when the argument begins, many would not hesitate to immediately drag the subject of destiny and attempt to hide behind its mysterious ways. But how far does it really play a role in one’s life? See my other post related on this topic. 

The legendary scientist, inventor & engineer, Alexander Graham Bell, who is famous for his invention of telephone rightly said “A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself”. It is true that our upbringing, surroundings and environment in which we grow up matters. 

During the course of our growth we come across many situations that make us rethink about our life. There will be occasions where we are tempted to think that life is not worth living. However it is in these turning points we will have to make use of our innate abilities instead of meekly surrender to destiny. 

The intellectuals are quick to acquire the latent knowledge, educate themselves and move forward. One often needs to remind oneself that every cloud has a silver lining. 

All of us have certainly the power to analyze the circumstances confronting us, think in the right direction and make the right decisions. Thereby we have the ability to lead ourselves into the righteous path and thus improve the quality of our life. 

Let us not lose hope in our own abilities to set and achieve our goals properly. Let us not forget that we write the story of our own life; we decide what we become. 

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Glow behind the nimbus

In the roller coaster called life, we experience thrill and at times are scared to death. When things don’t go our way we get disappointed and enter into a state of depression. We jump to conclusion that the end is near and life has come to a dead end. And that is when optimism comes to our rescue.

Similar to the roller coaster, life will move from one state to the other. We should acknowledge that the troublesome periods will not last forever. It should always be borne in mind that better days will follow the difficult times. It is always darkest just before the crack of dawn. So we should not be discouraged about ourselves when the happenings don’t meet our expectations. Instead we have to keep the light of our hopes glowing by lighting the candles of optimism.

When a dark cloud blocks the sunlight, there can be seen a shimmer of silver lining on the boundary of cloud indicating that a bright light is just behind the nimbus. Thus it is said that every cloud has a silver lining. The cloud may be dark & thick enough to mask the sun for a while however it doesn’t stay there forever. Even though the huge body of the cloud encompasses the life’s difficulties which may seem unbearable, a ray of hope glimmers in the form of silver outline. Eventually the cloud gives way to bright sunlight.   

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