How To Beat Disease
Once And For All

As mentioned in the previous chapter, the program that is presented on this website is based on the Nature Cure philosophy of disease. This is the philosophy that is taught in Naturopathic colleges throughout the world. The success of most health hydro's and healing sanitariums is largely attributable to the fact that their treatment programs are structured around the basic principles of Nature Cure. If you took the trouble to study into the matter, you would find that Nature Cure is not that far removed from the philosophy of disease that was held by Hippocrates - the so-called "father of medicine" who once taught that . . . 

`Nature is the physician of our diseases.' (The Nature of Man, p. 241)

[It is such a pity that those who take the Hippocratic oath today are not taught the same principles that Hippocrates once taught.]

Before we contemplate the Nature Cure approach, however, it is important that we first consider the various generally accepted categories or `stages' of disease. Certain schools of thought interpret these various stages slightly differently but, for the sake of this exercise, the following interpretation will suffice. Please study Figure 10. carefully.

Reading from top to bottom of the table, we will notice that these stages of disease progress from the less serious, less deep-seated manifestations which, if treated correctly, are usually relatively easy to overcome, to the more serious, more deep-seated manifestations which are life-threatening and which are usually most difficult to overcome.

Until such time as we again refer to this table, our discussion will focus primarily on the acute stage of disease - namely, on our colds, boils, pimples, coughs, fevers, etc. Please take special note of this fact.

In a very general sense, Nature Cure teaches us that in the great majority of cases we bring our acute ailments upon ourselves . . .

(1) either as a result of unwise living and eating habits, and/or

(2) through the unwise treatment and/or suppression of past ailments.

As one widely publicized writer puts it . . .

`Disease never comes without a cause. The way is prepared, and disease invited, by disregard of the laws of health.' (E.G. White, Ministry of Healing, p.234, my italics)

Unlike the orthodox view of disease, a view that considers our acute ailments to be the random attacks of a `deadly enemy,' Nature Cure considers our acute ailments to be Nature's spontaneous response to a condition within our bodies - a condition that has most often come about as a result of faulty living and eating habits. In other words, our colds and coughs etc, are not "enemies," as such, but the evidence of Nature's desperate effort to cleanse the system and to correct the imbalances that have resulted from our unwise choices.

As Dr. Harry Benjamin confirms, . . .

`Disease is nothing more or less than Nature's blind attempt at cure. It is the system's attempt to deal as effectively as it can under given conditions with factors which, through man's ignorance, folly, and self-indulgence, are causing impediment of function!' (Everybody's Guide to Nature Cure, pp. 18,19)

In the light of this understanding of disease, therefore, let us consider Nature's purpose for a few of our more common acute ailments . . .

(1) When we have a cough, Nature is trying to expel unwanted matter from the system.

(2) When we have a cold, the body is burdened with toxic accumulations and is making a desperate effort to cleanse the system.

(3) When we sneeze, Nature is expelling gaseous waste from the lungs and/or eliminating mucous from the sinus passages and nose.

(4) When we have diarrhea, Nature is usually attempting to flush toxic matter from the bowels.

(5) When we have pimples, boils or blackheads, Nature is eliminating impurities through the skin.

In a broad and very general sense, therefore, and making allowance for exceptions, Nature Cure considers our acute ailments, not as hostile attacks on the body, but as the beneficial efforts of Nature to rid the system of life-burdening impurities. As a previously quoted writer puts it, . . .

`Nature, to relieve herself of poisonous impurities, makes an effort to free the system, which effort produces fevers and what is termed disease.' (E.G. White, Healthful Living, p. 211)

Now if this is the first time that you have been confronted with this philosophy of disease, I can understand if it sounds a little strange, yet it is no more strange than any of the other self-healing and self-protecting mechanisms that play such a vital role in preserving our lives. For example:

(1) When we cut ourselves - the blood coagulates at the cut, the skin grows together, and Nature heals the cut.

(2) When we burn ourselves - Nature covers the burn with a protective blister.

(3) When we break a bone - Nature knits the bone together.

(4) When a germ or a virus enters the bloodstream - then, by the brilliant design of Nature, a marvelous army of powerful little internal `friends' come to our support and overwhelm the intruder.

(5) When we damage an area - the blood rushes to that area to supply healing energy and nutrients, to protect the area, and to carry away toxins and waste.

(6) When, after many years of physical abuse, we switch to a more healthy way of living, Nature immediately responds by mustering all of her healing energies.

Clearly, all of these protective and restorative mechanisms are part of a brilliant Master design - one that includes self-healing, self-regeneration, and self-protection as vital components in an overall strategy that is aimed at preserving the living organism.

Once we recognize how Nature is constantly working to keep us well, we can readily discern that there is nothing strange about a philosophy of disease that views our acute ailments as the beneficial, healing, cleansing efforts of Nature. As Dr. Stanley Lief explains:

`The process of acute disease is one which actually saves life. It enables the body to cleanse itself of dangerous excesses of impurities that the depurating organs [lungs, bowels, kidneys, skin etc.] have been unable to eliminate in the normal way. The situation has become one in which the body is full of filth (toxins) and so the body must seek some way by which to throw it off, or death will ensue. The most usual way is by means of a fever - a burning up, a feverish cold, etc. These processes are produced by the body in an effort to purify and soothe itself. If the purpose of disease were universally understood from this standpoint, it would quickly loose its terrors, and instead be regarded as a friend in disguise.' (Dr. Stanley Lief, N.D., D.O., D.C., Health For All, Volume 36.6)

We have seen so many people benefited when they stopped using drugs to suppress their acute ailments, and we have seen so many others severely handicapped through the unwise and ongoing suppression of those same acute ailments, that I can only urge the reader to consider the remainder of this website in a very serious light - and the next chapter in particular. As I hope to prove to you, the interpretation of the role that our acute diseases are intended to play is not just a matter of opinion, but a matter of life and death.

Supporting Statements

`It is incongruous that in this modern age of sophistication, of development, of sheer scientific genius, society is still not able to control, understand or remove the incidence of disease. In our present fantastic century of scientific discoveries, man still fails to understand the nature of disease, and the means to cure disease. There is virtually a blind spot in science in relation to disease.' (Dr. Boris Chaitow, My Healing Secrets, pp.11,12)

`Disease is the life principle at war with an enemy. It is the defender and protector of the living organism. It is a process of purification. It is an effort to remove foreign and offensive materials from the system, and repair damage the vital machinery has suffered.' (Dr Russell D. Trall, How to Live, p. ix)

In my opinion this chapter and the one following are the highpoints of this website - throwing light on every other chapter. Please read them together.

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