Global paradigm shift in health care.

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Dear Friends,

 

These are excerpts from an article written by;

 

Dr. Scott Gerson, M.D.

Executive Director

Basic and Clinical Research

Medical Director, Clinical Services

The National Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine

USA.

 

"We are in the midst of a global paradigm shift in health care.

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At the centre of this change is Ayurvedic medicine, a healing system which

promotes health using natural, nontoxic substances and which recognizes the

important role of the mind and emotions. A paradigm is a model used to explain

how and why events happen the way they do, and as mankind's comprehension of the

universe evolves, new paradigms emerge. The best example of paradigm shifts is

the field of modern physics. The classical Newtonian explanation of the world

which for two hundred years was accepted as reality has now been replaced by

quantum mechanics, superstrings, and field theory. In the old paradigm, every

event had a definite cause and every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

In the new paradigm, we describe events as possibilities instead of certainities

and we recognise now the interconnectedness of all phenomena. The new

explanation of the universe is, in a word, more holistic than the old

reductionist view of explaining events in terms of separate, unrelated

components.

 

In the same way, the medical paradigm shift which we are experiencing today

represents represents a movement towards holism. The old paradigm viewed the

human being as a machine, with separate systems, organs and tissues; it

separated mind and body into distinct categories. The new paradigm acknowledges

the mutual interdependance of the physical body, mind, emotions and the

environment in creating health and disease. Neither is there separation in the

emerging face of medicine between physician and patient. The new paradigm has

removed the absolute authority from the doctor and re-fashioned a model of

shared responsibility between patient and physician - much in the same way that

an electron forming a bond is shared between the two nuclei."

 

The author goes on to explain how he completed his Ph.D in Ayurveda in India he

returned to the United States, attended regular medical school and earned a

conventional MD degree with advanced training in general internal medicine. But

he says;

 

"Today, in my medical practice at the NIAM, I generally do not use toxic

pharmaceutical drugs, irritating allopathic medicines, vaccines, or serums."

 

He also says;

 

" There is truly only one healing force in this universe and that is Nature

herself. Neither the synthetic medicines of the modern allopath nor the

botanical medicines of the herbalist can effect healing. Only the inherent and

universal forces of Nature can do that and it is the physician's role to

facilitate and promote this process with the aid of natural, non-harmful

physical, mental, and spiritual therapies."

 

"Almost all disease is curable. We each just have to discover our own unique

path to balance and surrender to the Supreme."

 

Om Shanti.

Scott Gerson, M.D.

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I believe the views explained in this enlightening article will put at rest many

questions we have been debating on since the past few days. The article forms a

part of the book,"Ayurvedic Healing" by David Frawley, and published in India by

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd., Delhi, India. © - David Frawley.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.