| Many people today are disappointed by the | | | | 9. Your lab is your body. Experiments going on |
| traditional medical approach, if they feel sick or | | | | there constantly allow you to find out what suits |
| have any medical problems. They are tired of | | | | you and what doesn't. |
| taking drugs that have more negative effects, | | | | 10. Herbs are used most often to affect organ |
| than healing your organs and your body. They | | | | systems, Homeophatic for rebalancing the overall |
| don't want to poison themselves any more with | | | | "vital force" and flower essences (Bach flower |
| chemicals, that may, or may not work. Turning to | | | | essences) for addressing dilemmas of the mind. |
| natural and holistic approaches however will | | | | 11. Cell salts (Schuessler salts) are working in a |
| require some basic knowledge, when treating | | | | horizontal fashion, affecting the structural |
| different ailments. | | | | components that run through many organs in the |
| Understanding the secrets and foundation of the | | | | body. |
| holistic and natural healing can help you not only in | | | | 12. Herbs are exerting their effect more vertically, |
| the battle with Graves' Disease or | | | | tending to affect selectively one or more organ |
| Hyperthyroidism, but any disease for that matter. | | | | systems. |
| Authentic healing will often involve radical changes | | | | 13. Generally herbs can be divided in 4 major |
| in how you live | | | | groups- Chinese, Ayurvedic, European and Native |
| | | | American herbs. It is your choice which methods |
| 1. Old habits and attitudes that supported the | | | | you choose, or a combination of them for best |
| development of the disease will fall away, to be | | | | results. |
| replaced by new ones that go with a new way of | | | | 14. There is no "magic" herb, or method that will |
| being in the world | | | | work overnight. |
| 2. Crisis of the body are ultimately expressions of | | | | 15. Many holistic methods will "bypass" the |
| underlying crises of the spirit. | | | | diagnose and work directly on the symptoms and |
| 3. Healing requires letting go what is familiar and | | | | affected organs. The diagnose is not of primary |
| stepping into the unknown | | | | matter, as it can shift from one to another, or |
| 4. Healing may mean challenging belief systems | | | | can be easily mistaken. |
| and daring to break taboos | | | | 16. Any holistic and natural treatment will involve |
| 5. Healing is about getting past the ego, that is | | | | physical exercises, diet, cleansing and detoxing and |
| what out culture is build on | | | | resolving psychological issues as well. |
| 6. Healing involves reconnecting with lost aspects | | | | 17. Parts of the body, especially if they are |
| of oneself, some of which exist in other than our | | | | "damaged" in some way by a disease, tell us |
| "familiar" reality | | | | about the whole- your life in general. |
| 7. Effective holistic medical therapy depends on | | | | 18. Perhaps the simplest definition of healing is "to |
| self-awareness | | | | make a whole". |
| 8. You make major decisions about your own | | | | 19. Whenever you start to feel as a whole- body, |
| treatment according to what creates a sense of | | | | mind and spirit together, then your healing process |
| well- being, what boosts your energy or what | | | | is over. Your healing became a way of life. |
| brings clarity of mind | | | | |