BODY HEALS ITSELF

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Today in this blog we are going to talk about the first basic principle of Naturopathy that is “The Body Heals Itself.”

First of all, lets understand what is healing? The process involved in converting any abnormal body condition to its normal form, such a process is called healing. Eg:- Any cut on the skin is abnormal for the body so the process by which that skin again gains it’s normal form, is healing.

According to Naturopathy every single cell of our body is endowed with an energy called ‘vitality’ or ‘vital energy’ or ‘jiv ni shakti’ which governs our body. Vital energy is a part of universal energy which governs the nature. Both Nature, as well as our body, is made up of 5 elements (Panch Mahabhoots)

So we can say that, the constitution of our body and the energy which governs it both, are same as the constitution and governing energy of Nature.

Our vital energy, being a part of universal energy always try to maintain harmony with nature. And to do so it continuously tries to maintain our body in its natural form, which is a healthy and a disease free form. If any abnormality occurs in the body, it may be an injury or a disease, our vital energy restores it to its normal form, as to maintain harmony with nature. This vital energy should be reserved and stored, not dissipated and wasted as this vitality is the sole healer when it is preserved.

All form of cures, for the body, comes within the body. Whatever comes from outside is relief. Not only naturopaths believe in this principle but all other fields of medicine believe in it. Even surgeries are based on natural healing. An orthopedic surgeon will set broken bones, but the actual healing is done by the body itself. We must believe in the fact that vitality requires time and patience to bring us back to normal health once again.

The final point to make is that, the power that builds our body also maintains it. Our vital force has both healing and productive powers. The healing crisis develops under the condition in which vital powers or energy is strong and in such conditions it voluntarily starts cleaning the body. Outside agents (drugs or treatments) may be helpful to some extent but the real work of healing is always done by the inherent power of the body. So we must make sure we don’t suppress our vitality by living an unnatural lifestyle and so that it can work, in full capacity towards healing.

“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.”

Hippocrates (Father of Medicine)

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

-Lao Tzu