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HEEDING, HEALING & HOLISTIC
We are very complex beings living, at times, in a very complex World and
because of this it seems that there are so many people with chronic
health problems that aren’t finding the answers they seek. As a
Practitioner of Chinese Medicine and one who has been studying medicine
for almost 2 decades, I would like to share some insight into what I’ve
learned about symptoms, the treatment or medicine we choose to combat
these symptoms and what it means to follow a holistic path.
It is interesting to me that we in the U.S.A. have the most money and
resources, yet we have the most chronic disease on the Planet. There are
many factors that have been attributed to causing Chronic disease:
pathogens (bacteria, virus, fungi, yeast), parasites, inappropriate and
prolonged thought-patterns, spiritual imbalance (not doing what you are
saying…or, “living a lie”), bad diet, not enough and/or poor quality
sleep, to name a few. My belief is that many of us have become detached
from our body, mind and spirit. Evidence of this is seen by me day in
and day out in my Practice. Many Patients have a lack of understanding
of who they are and why they are sitting in front of me. All they know
is that something started hurting bad enough to get them to pick up the
phone and this is all too often months or years after it started! And to
top it off, when challenged to make changes to re-establish balance and
harmony, those challenges are often met with resistance and
rationalizations.
Symptoms are messages from the body and brain that there is an imbalance
or disruption in function. Instead of ignoring them, make the changes
that you are capable of figuring out on your own but out of stubbornness
and possible addictive behavior, you put off until it is too late and
you need more serious intervention.
Whether this intervention comes from an Allopathic Physician or an
Alternative Health Practitioner, true healing must occur at the
necessary level of the body, mind and/or spirit. This means that whether
the cause(s) are physical, mental, or emotional, they need to be
appropriately addressed. One of the reasons there has been a tremendous
shift away from the “traditional” Doctor visit is that our local Doctor
doesn’t address the body energetic; metaphysical aspects of disease…or,
the MIND and the SPIRIT! If you want lasting change, make sure that you
and your health practitioner get to the root of your problem.
To take a holistic approach is to look at all the known causes of
disease, get as deep an understanding of the INDIVIDUAL or Patient,
consider all the possible contributing factors (physical signs and
symptoms, thoughts, feelings and behaviors) and address them with
appropriate treatments. Holistic is not using as many natural treatments
as possible to treat your symptoms, it is using logic and reason to get
to the root cause of the symptom profile and Patient presentation.
The key to success is to examine that equation in the last paragraph and
see where Practitioner and Patient error can enter thus preventing the
desired outcome. Did I sense all that was there for me to see, feel,
hear, etc? Did the Patient tell me everything? Did they follow the
treatment that was laid-out for them? Are they doing other things that
may interfere with the treatment? Are they ready to make the necessary
changes? What does it mean to find the appropriate treatments for a
Patient?
This is what I call the Zen aspect of Health; it is a simple list of
factors that cause disease, but figuring it all out in relationship to
the individual and making the proper decisions and changes can be
challenging and complex.
Maybe it is time we Americans take some of the external toughness we are
so good at emitting and turn it on ourselves. Maybe it is time we
address our personal issues, emotional wounds, fears, etc. Maybe the
answer to our health problems is closer than we think.
Paul Gerst
has been practicing Acupuncture for 13 years and is also a Certified Neurolink Practitioner and Certified Hypnotherapist. He travels the Country doing Workshops on Health and
Spirituality. He may be reached at: 715-790-3219