Studying holistic medicine
Dear
Dr...
Studying
holistic medicine is easy if one is not carrying the baggage of allopathy.
However there are many allopaths, including a childhood friend of mine, an
ophthalmologist of my city, and an MD of my State, who have studied and
practiced with elan.
The
present day doctors are not troubled by disease so long there is a treatment plan.
The diagnosis and treatment are everything. The cause and outcome are never
researched with integrity. Sending the patient home with a life long
prescription "after recovery" does not raise eyebrows.
So
long as disease is accepted, and disease management considered science, the
interest in cures will not arise. Holistic systems aim to keep people healthy
and cure the sick. Cure; not palliation of symptoms.
It
is only when you have the responsibility of understanding health and of
actually curing a person that your intellect is stimulated enough for you to
delve deep and you are confronted with those very things that are brushed away
as confounding and quackery.
The
holistic systems do not look upon the living as physical bodies. Their approach
is aimed at the environment, body constitution, inputs, outputs, emotions,
mental makeup, lifestyle, energy, spirit, and beyond. They go into the
interconnectedness of things. They study health, the ways the body falls sick
and how it heals itself. To cure you have to step into the invisible and
immeasurable. Here the tools are the doctors self preparation, mind, intuition,
education, and experience.
This
does not mean that the holistic sciences are spooky. They are very well
structured. African medicine is shamanism. Systems like naturopathy, ayurveda,
acupuncture and acupressure, homeopathy, and Siddha are not. If one has the
interest and intent to study, one can easily understand their principles.
At
present the approach is designed to subjugate using the one-upmanship approach.
The intent is to belittle and condemn. This cannot be called a scientific
approach by any means.
The
scientific approach was demonstrated by those allopaths who wanted to prove
Hahnemann wrong. They studied the Organon, the principles of medicine, the
materia medica, and the repertory. Then they applied the remedies as per the
principles. They were amazed at the results and became full time homeopaths.
Similarly they also became naturopaths, herbalists, energy healers, and
chiropractors. They were interested in their patient’s wellbeing.
Reform
in the medical structure is not easy. It is difficult to tackle the system
where there is stupendous conflict of interest and to go beyond the shenanigans
of the pharma giants. To break this stranglehold sincere practitioner must
quietly and without bias study what holistic medicine is.
Personally
I was a diehard reductionist. I opened up to holistic systems only when I
stared at complete incapacitation and death. I was also alarmed by the threats
I was subjected to when I pointed out the obvious cause.
But
this need not be the case. Holism is both interesting and extremely rewarding.
For me it has enabled me to extend my life by 44 years so far. It has also
helped me to help others. Holism opens up the path to self development. Both
the practitioners and the patients gain from it.
Medicine
is about altruism - benefitting others. If the efforts are instead leading to disease,
disability, and death then it is ones responsibility to change track. Otherwise
we invite infamy. History will never forgive us if we continue on the path and
do not contribute to health and cures.
Regards,
Jagannath
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