Do No Harm

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An interesting read. "Do No Harm" The Philosophy of Natural Healing by Dr. Dori Luneski The true meaning of a preventive approach to health care is to first exclude the "simpler" causes of disease, and then think of the more complicated. The simple truth is that dehydration alone can cause any symptom or disease. Dehydration eventually causes loss of functions, and various "thirst signals" are too often treated as

symptoms, rather than getting to the cause. There are three main causes of most sub-health conditions: Intracellular malnutrition Intracellular toxicity Intracellular dehydration The basic assumption behind natural healing is that the human body is linked to the properties of natural organic substances. The philosophy of natural healing is that your body is capable of healing itself once proper conditions are provided. Herbal therapy is a natural way to help the body heal itself. Herbal remedies neutralize or eliminate from your body the harmful substances that impair its power to heal itself, and provide natural nutrients in their most absorbable form. In the chaotic condition of "modern medicine" and the crying need of the millions, is our grand opportunity to understand the truth about the ancient, honorable, and beneficial science of natural healing with herbs. Homeopathy is another

method of stimulating the body's own healing processes. If you have a symptom, your vital force is down! It is your depressed vital force, not your symptom, that is the origin of disease. Homeopathy is a holistic science, and treats the whole person. Health is not the absence of disease ... it is a universal good condition on all levels--physical, emotional and mental. Homeopathy works on the principle of resonance, like when a singer shatters glass on a special note that matches the energy of the glass. The source of the homeopathic remedy has certain symptoms if taken in excess, and when these symptoms match yours exactly, the two energies combine like the singer who breaks glass, and increases the overall energy. This increased energy raises your vital force and you are now stronger to overcome the symptoms. To change the "level of health" you must change the person's constitution or "vital force"--a subtle governing energy that organizes and

directs physical and chemical action of the body. Efficiency of your vital force is reflected in degrees of health or illness. The present transition toward health and wholeness, rather than disease, has enhanced the growing awareness and importance of subtle energies and influences that encourage the body to heal itself. Symptoms are an expression of your vital force's effort to heal. Do not suppress your body's attempts to communicate with you! Do not treat thirst with drugs. Understand the healing properties of herbs and allow nature to help in the healing process. Understand that treating symptoms is masking the fact your vital force is down; you need to be dealing with that, rather than just temporarily wanting to feel better. Every physical, emotional, or mental symptom gives us a particular message, and we need to acknowledge these messages. every true healing process is an

affirmation of our wholeness . . . and any condition should "first do no harm." Author: Dori Luneski. Originally presented in Baltimore Resource Journal, Vol 9, No. 2, Summer 1995, Baltimore land. Dori Luneski is a naturopathic doctor practicing in Frederick. She can be reached at (410) 418-5969. Suzi List Owner What is a

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Thank you so very much for this additional information, Dr. Rima. I find it all fascinating. ~~Ruth

Re: Do No Harm

A bit of historical information about the phrase "First, do no harm":

"First, do no harm": Not in the Hippocratic Oath

It is a widely held misconception that the familiar dictum "First, do no harm" comes from the Hippocratic Oath, an oath many physicians take when they enter medical practice.

However, the Hippocratic Oath does not and never did contain those words (nor was it actually written by Hippocrates, according to many sources). It expresses a similar idea, but never employs the words "First, do no harm."

It is the opinion of many scholars that Hippocrates did, in fact, originate the phrase, but did so in his Epidemics, Bk. I, Sect. XI. One translation reads: "Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least to do no harm."

The Greek "First, do no harm" becomes "Primum non nocere" in Latin. A translation of the original perhaps, but some sources attribute "Primum non nocere" to the Roman physician, Galen.

Today there is no single oath that all physicians take upon entering practice. Depending on where they earn their medical degrees, they may take any one of many pledges, but all embody the ethics and ideals of Hippocrates, the acknowledged father of modern medicine.

The exact wording of the original oath has been subject to dispute, as translations and interpretations of the original Greek have varied. Complicating the picture are the many modernizations of the oath which take into account changes in language, social mores, and medicine itself over the centuries.

Rima

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:18 PM, karla walsh <faerie1952 > wrote:

Perhaps for some better clarification, so we don't propagate a complete yarn or urban legend, for our own purient interests, this may be of interest - about the Hippocratic Oath - saying the words *Do No Harm* are not actually in the *oath. Glad Day ~ Karla in IL

http://www.geocities.com/everwild7/noharm.html

And then this. Ethical Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Drug Adversising.

http://www.herbalconsultant.com/Ethics_Drug_Advertising.pdf

If you love your pets and have them vaccinated..........some interesting info.

http://rimadyldeath.com/VACCINATIONS.htm

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