Natural
Cure - Chapter IV -
The
Unity of Disease and Treatment
There exists a close
resemblance between the mechanism and the functions
of a watch and of the human body. Their well-being
is subject to similar underlying laws and
principles. Both a watch and a human body may
function abnormally as a result of accidental injury
or unfavorable external conditions, such as extreme
heat or cold, etc. However, in our present study of
the causes of disease we shall not consider
accidental injury and hostile environment, but
confine ourselves to causes arising within the
organism itself.
The watch may cease to vibrate in accord with the
harmonics of our planetary universe for several
reasons. It may lose time or stand still because (1)
the wound spring has spent its force, or (2) its
parts are not made up of the right constituents, or
(3) foreign matter clogs or corrodes its mechanism.
Similarly, there exist three primary causes of
disease and of premature death of the
physical body. These are:
Lowered vitality. Abnormal composition of blood
and lymph. Accumulation of morbid matter and
poisons.
In the ultimate, disease and everything else that we
designate as evil are the result of transgressions
of natural laws in thinking, breathing, eating,
dressing, working, resting, as well as in moral,
sexual and social conduct.
In Tables I and II, I have endeavored to present in
concise and comprehensive form the primary and the
secondary causes or manifestations of disease and
the corresponding natural methods of treatment.
TABLE I
~THE UNITY OF DISEASE AND
TREATMENT~
Barring trauma (injury), advancing age and
surroundings uncongenial to human life, all causes
of disease may be classified as given below.
Violations of Nature's Laws in thinking,
breathing, eating, drinking, dressing, working,
resting and in moral, sexual and social conduct
result in the following:
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease
Primary Causes
Lowered vitality due to overwork, nightwork,
excesses, overstimulation, poisonous drugs and
ill-advised surgical operations. Abnormal
composition of blood and lymph due to the improper
selection and combination of food, and especially
the lack of organic mineral salts and other
essential nutritional elements.
Accumulation of waste matter, morbid matter and
poisons due to the first two causes, as well as to
faulty diet, overeating, the use of alcoholic and
narcotic stimulants, drugs [both street and
prescription], vaccines, accidental poisoning and,
last but not least, to the suppression of acute
diseases (Nature's cleansing and healing efforts) by
poisonous drugs and surgical operations.
Secondary Causes
Hereditary and constitutional taints of sycosis,
scrofula, psora, syphilis; mercurianism, cinchonism,
iodism and many other forms of chronic poisoning.
Fevers, inflammations, skin eruptions, chronic sinus
discharges, ulcers, abscesses, germs, bacteria,
parasites, etc. Mechanical subluxations, distortions
and displacements of bony structures, muscles and
ligaments; weakening and loss of reason, will, and
self-control resulting in negative, sensitive and
subjective conditions which open the way to nervous
prostration, control by other personalities
(hypnotic influence, obsession, possession); the
different forms of insanity, epilepsy, petit mal,
etc.
Table II
~THE UNITY OF DISEASE AND
TREATMENT~
In correspondence with the three primary causes of
disease, Nature Cure recognizes the
following:
Natural Methods of Treatment
1. Return to Nature, or the establishment of normal
habits and surroundings, which necessitates:
Extension of consciousness by popular general and
individual education. The constant exercise of
reason, will and self-control. A return to natural
habits of life in thinking, breathing, eating,
dressing, working, resting and in moral, sexual and
social conduct.
Correction of mechanical defects and injuries by
means of massage, chiropractic or osteopathy,
surgery and other mechanical methods of treatment.
2. Economy of Vital Force, which necessitates:
Prevention of waste of vital force by the stoppage
of all leaks.
Scientific relaxation, proper rest and sleep. Proper
food selection, magnetic treatment, etc. The right
mental attitude.
3. Elimination, which necessitates:
Scientific selection and combination of food and
drink. Judicious fasting. Hydrotherapy (water cure).
Light and air baths, friction.
Chiropractic or osteopathy, massage, and other
manipulative treatment. Correct breathing, curative
gymnastics. Such medicinal remedies as will build up
the blood on a normal basis and supply the system
with the all-important mineral salts in organic
form.
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