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The core belief of natural health therapy

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

The core belief of natural health therapy is that all issues related to health, sickness, and healing can be overcome through simple means like prevention and a change in individual lifestyle. Natural health follows the oldest rule of medicine: prevention is better than
cure. In view of this, natural health therapies are supposed to be totally in control of the individual and not the doctor or healer.

The “natural” in the term natural health literally refers to the physical world in which we live, or nature. This is but another way of saying that according to natural health therapy all disease and illness is nothing more than a natural reaction to some other natural action. It is important to remember that natural health does not have anything to do with faith or psychic healing which are supernatural concepts and hence,by definition, not part of nature.

This difference is also the biggest distinguishing factor between natural health therapies of European origin and Eastern alternative medicinal theories that often rely on belief systems such as spirituality, karma, ancestral forces, personal auras, or energy flows. None of these can be perceived by our normal senses and hence the Europe-born natural health theories do not subscribe to them.

Going even further, natural health does not concern itself with the origin of life, any religious beliefs, extra-dimensional worlds, magic,and new age mysticism. All natural health says is that all health and sickness can be affected by simple natural therapies.

At its most basic level it can be said that natural health therapy refers to only one thing: biological factors of health, especially as they apply to everyday life in western society. In its early history, the natural health movement did show considerable interest in
hydrotherapy and the relaxation it offered through the usage of spas, steam baths, and other water cures.

The more modern additions to natural health that concern themselves with the body mind connection and how that relates to stress and tension are influenced by eastern alternative medical theories.

Having said that, what natural health therapy finally implies is that the human body has complete capacity to heal itself from most forms of sickness (of course, a broken bone cannot be fixed by altering your lifestyle, it needs to be put in a cast), mostly through
prevention.

So as far as natural health thinking goes, all healing is basically self-healing and this is considered to be the basic property of all things alive.

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