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How to Heal Your Disease Part Three:
Physical Healing
by Jackie Kosednar
Americans haven’t been taught good self-care
and disease prevention, nor will you learn this from
your medical doctor.
Last issue we explored ways of emotional and spiritual
healing that help cure and heal disease states in the
body by getting rid of and coming to terms with the
stresses that caused them. In this issue we will discuss
physical approaches. However, I cannot emphasize enough
the power of healing the emotions within the big picture
of your life. The successful cure for any disease is
always a spiritual event.
From Disease to Health
We have to create health before you can eliminate disease.
Disease is always a symptom of an unhealthy, out-of-balance
body. Medical science has two ways of approaching a
disease or unhealthy condition in the body: either drugs
or surgery. Both of these methods place the body under
heavy physical and emotional stress. Alternative medicine
has hundreds of therapies that are very powerful for
creating health in the body. It takes a holistic protocol
of various remedies and therapies to restore health
to a sick body. So, how do we return to health?
Food
The first line of defense is a good diet. A bad diet
weakens the body so that emotional and environmental
stress can damage it. When it has to contend with that,
on top of disease conditions, the body doesn’t
have any resources left to heal. To repair the damage
and correct the imbalances, the body needs ammunition
to fight disease as well as building blocks to create
health. The only place it can get this ammunition is
through the foods we eat.
What works well is to eat as many alive, whole foods
as possible. Raw, organic, unprocessed foods contain
micronutrients that we can’t get any other way--no
matter how many supplements we take. Supplements are
very important, yes, but only in conjunction with a
healthy diet. Fruits, vegetables, raw nuts and seeds,
etc., not only have micronutrients, they have a high
oxygen content and are full of distilled water, both
of which the body craves. Foods high in processed sugar,
salt and fat or genetically engineered foods are basically
indigestible. They create toxic conditions that add
stress with which the body then has to deal.
When we cook food, we destroy all the enzymes--and
enzymes make the body healthy. As we age, we also make
less enzymes. So, if and when we do eat cooked foods,
it is a good idea to take digestive enzymes (no matter
our age) to get the most mileage from the food. There
are many experts we can consult with to improve our
diet and make sure it is rich enough in nutrients to
not only maintain health, but to create more health.
Many health practitioners use muscle testing to determine
if a food or supplement is going to benefit the body
or cause more waste. The body won’t use everything
we give it. It is very selective about what nutrients
or remedies it can use. There are some practitioners
who use bio-feedback computers to measure the body’s
reaction to foods and substances.
Food is also an emotionally charged subject for most
Americans. And here we must once again look at emotional
clearing. A person fighting a disease will experience
a hard time giving up comfort foods. Food addictions
are very real things. The same emotional clearing techniques
we talked about last issue can help us clear our food
issues, thus making it possible for our new diets to
heal the body.
Allergies
Food allergies can also make the foods we love a toxic
problem for the body. (Furthermore, we may have allergies
and sensitivities to many other things besides food.)
Allergies and sensitivities tie up the immune system,
making it overreactive and too busy to deal with what
it really needs to deal with. A strong immune system
not only keeps us safe from pathogens, it gets rid of
toxins. There are some wonderful techniques (like NAET)
and health practitioners that focus on clearing allergies.
When allergies stop stressing the body, the immune system
is freed up to do what it needs to do--like getting
rid of cancer cells. There are even ways you can clear
your own allergies with meridian tapping techniques.
Remedies
Remedies are medicine that comes from nature. There
are thousands of remedies to handle specific conditions
and problems in the body. Naturopaths and other practitioners
use homeopathic remedies to counteract negative conditions,
whereas herbalists will help you decide which herbs
are most likely to heal your body. Herbs are filled
with nutrients and medicines we have just begun to understand.
They are designed by nature to strengthen and correct
the function of different organs and systems of the
body.
I always recommend having your remedies muscle tested
first, to make sure your body will use them. Also, never
buy cheap supplements or remedies. Many herbs are grown
en masse, on poor soils, then irradiated and sold to
people who aren’t aware. Vitamins can be made
in a chemistry lab, but they lack natural components--thus
making it next to impossible for your body to use them.
Buying supplements from the health food stores or local
practitioners is always the best idea. People often
come to me with their bags of supplements and drugs.
When I muscle test them, they are shocked that the cheap
herbs and vitamins make their muscles go weak. But keep
in mind that ninety times out of 100, drugs will stress
the body, most usually the kidneys and liver. Remember:
you can’t stress a body and heal it at the same
time!
Speaking of Toxicity...
Detoxifying the body is always necessary if we really
want to get well. We can stop the flow of toxins into
the body by cleaning up our diet and environment, but
we still have to deal with the toxins that are lodged
deep in our tissues and cells. When the body can’t
deal with something, it suppresses that substance into
fat and other tissues. Thus we get layer after layer
of toxins that have been building up inside of us for
years. Our body might reproduce most of itself every
nine months, but it does that around all the
toxins. In other words, they don’t go anywhere.
Many times people on weight-loss diets feel good for
a while; however, as their fat shrinks, toxins are released
into the blood, causing an overloaded spleen and liver,
making them feel yucky.
To heal a disease, we must detoxify. This is always
best when we know what we are doing and have the advice
of a good health practitioner to monitor our progress
and coach us along the way. Detoxing too fast can actually
make us sicker. There are herbs, health machines and
other remedies that are excellent to help a body clean
itself out. The Internet is a wealth of information
on how to detoxify and heal the body. But, again, beware
of buying products that are not organically grown or
come from companies you haven’t researched and
know to be reputable. Don’t be fooled by marketing
hype. The health industry is booming and many people
want a piece of that pie, even though they care nothing
about health.
Then Comes the Bodywork
I could write a book about bodywork. There are so many
varied forms. Bodywork may help improve posture, balance
bioelectrical systems, remove energy blockages, clear
allergies and much, much more. All bodywork, from hypnotherapy
to cranial sacral work, takes stress off the body, allowing
it to unwind and reach a more stable balance. We can
all use a variety of different works to help our body
heal and clear emotional issues. (See http://www.alaskawellness.com/HealthyYellowPages.html
to find bodywork and self-help practitioners.)
About Finances
Holistic chiropractors and naturopaths are covered under
many insurance companies, to a degree. Many times these
professionals have integrated clinics, which means that
different types of healing modalities and bodywork are
available. If you have insurance you can start there.
(However, even if you do have insurance, you are going
to have to spend money on yourself.) Look at how much
money the medical profession charges you to manage your
disease! Yet people have a hard time paying holistic
professionals. Americans haven’t been taught good
self-care and disease prevention, nor will you learn
this from your medical doctor. Because of the insurance
industry, we are not conditioned to spend money on our
health. We go to the doctor and expect our insurance
to cover it. But times are changing very fast. Our medical
system is overloaded. Insurance no longer pays what
it used to and many of us can’t afford the rising
costs--especially if we are self-employed or work for
a company that doesn’t provide insurance. Thus,
we all need to create a budget for our health protocol
while keeping in mind that a lot of it will have to
come out of our own pockets.
Your Protocol
There is nothing the body can’t heal. I have seen
many people heal their own bodies after the medical
profession has given up hope. Where there’s a
will, there’s a way and God is always willing.
I believe that holistic health is one of the fastest
growing movements in the world because it doesn’t
destroy a body to make it better. Furthermore, people
get results.
We all need to take our health back into our own hands.
Don’t wait until you have huge problems like a
disease to contend with. Your protocol should be designed
by you. You can call any of the holistic professionals
or clinics in this magazine and talk to them to see
if they can help you, or recommend someone who can.
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