The law of cure OR healing crisis: does it operate in acupuncture & herbal medicine?

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Hi Thomas, Attilio & All,

 

What is YOUR experience of the " healing crisis " and/or " Hering's Law of

Cure " in YOUR patients, especially those treated with acupuncture-type

therapy (including laser, point-injection, guasha, moxibustion, qigong, etc)

or herbal medicine?

 

http://users.mrbean.net.au/~wlast/healingcrisis.html says:

 

" HERING'S LAW OF CURE: " All cure starts from within out, from the head

down and in reverse order as the symptoms have appeared. "

 

Dr John Whitman Ray ... modified Hering's Law to the following:

 

LAW OF HEALING CRISIS: " A healing crisis will occur only when an

individual is ready both physiologically and psychologically. The basic

foundation for all healing is nutritional preparedness. A healing crisis will

begin from within out, in reverse order chronologically as to how the

symptoms have appeared, tempered by the intensity of the trauma. The

individual will have the opportunity to re-experience each trauma, both

physiological and psychological, beginning with the trauma of least severity.

It must be recognised that traumas involving emotions, which include all

traumas, will be released in order, beginning with unconsciousness, then

apathy, grief, fear, anger, pain and eventually enthusiasm (love), in

conjunction with the appropriate word patterns for each emotion and

thought pattern (sensory memory) which are accessible at each level.

Unconditional love and unconditional forgiveness are the keys to apply and

transmute any resistance at any level, once these resistances are brought

to view through the application of the laws of love, light and perfection.

 

With this definition Dr. Ray emphasises the importance of the emotional

side of our health problems. Each disease, accident or surgical intervention

contains a strong emotional component which needs to be re-experienced

during a reaction, otherwise the healing will remain incomplete and the

problem will present itself again at a later time for healing at a deeper level.

This also means that the body selects the kind of healing crisis that is most

appropriate at the time, taking into consideration its needs and abilities to

have a certain area healed or improved. We can consciously influence this

choice by working on a particular problem. I also noticed that the body self

tries to select a timing, which does not disable us during important events

coming up. I have no doubt that we are guided on our healing path by our

inner intelligence, which has our best interest at heart. In the beginning our

healing reactions will be mainly on the physical or biological level, but more

and more we will experience the release of emotional blocks and changes

in consciousness, preparing us for greater activity on the spiritual level. "

 

See Google for the search profile:

 

(1) " law of cure " [23,300 hits]: http://tinyurl.com/ynclbk

(2) " healing crisis " [78,900 hits]: http://tinyurl.com/y7puz7

(3) " law of cure " OR " healing crisis " [101,000 hits]: http://tinyurl.com/yghhy4

(4) " law of cure " AND " healing crisis " [220 hits]: http://tinyurl.com/yhokwq

 

A Google search suggests that the phenomena of " law of cure " and " healing

crisis " are PRINCIPLES that apply to many forms of healing. However,

those PRINCIPLES are described more often in relation to homeopathy /

homoeopathy than in relation to acupuncture or " herbal medicine " .

 

The following table shows the number of Google hits (#) for the search term

in column 2 COMBINED with the search term " law of cure " OR " healing

crisis " . Click on any link (in column 3) to see examples of the hits.

 

# Hits | Therapy | Link (URL)

30,100 | homeopathy | http://tinyurl.com/yhrc8n

26,100 | homoeopathy | http://tinyurl.com/ymnhm3

3,190 | " bach flower " | http://tinyurl.com/y73qsn

 

13,500 | Reiki | http://tinyurl.com/yg4w9q

1,010 | Qigong | http://tinyurl.com/ylmb9o

499 | " qi gong " | http://tinyurl.com/ydk3xj

 

13,000 | acupuncture | http://tinyurl.com/y9kbxf

1,390 | Laser | http://tinyurl.com/yzlgez

91 | electroacupuncture | http://tinyurl.com/ybjwg9

298 | Cupping | http://tinyurl.com/yndaub

 

9,170 | chiropractic | http://tinyurl.com/yku8r2

1,090 | osteopathy | http://tinyurl.com/yceq7s

418 | osteopathic | http://tinyurl.com/yncsss

 

890 | aromatherapy | http://tinyurl.com/ya6ftr

972 | " chinese medicine " | http://tinyurl.com/yhybpy

618 | " herbal formula " | http://tinyurl.com/ykvcg8

592 | " herbal medicine " | http://tinyurl.com/yehly2

24 | " kampo " | http://tinyurl.com/yh9ryy

 

Though Google is not the best place to research these issues, it does

indicate that the phenomena have been recorded in the course of several

different therapeutic modalities.

 

In spite of the above, in more than 30 years treating animals and humans

with complementary therapies, I can remember only one patient that had a

classical and massive " healing crisis " that exemplified return of the clinical

signs that heralded the beginning of his clinical disorder.

 

That case was an autistic boy. IMO, mercury exposure in-utero predisposed

him to autism . (His mother had several teeth filled with mercury amalgam in

early pregnancy), The clinical signs began some time after the infant

received MMR vaccine. Some years later, a single dose of Thuja 30C

precipitated a severe return of the signs that followed the original MMR

vaccination.

 

The healing crisis lasted much longer than usual - in his case about 6 days

instead of the more usual 1-2 days. However, when it ended, the boy spoke

for the first time and was greatly more interactive with his parents and other

children.

 

Exaggeration of EXISTING clinical signs for a day or so after acupuncture is

NOT the same as return of OLDER signs, as Hering described. I often see

an exaggeration of EXISTING signs for a day or so after acupuncture in

animals, but seldom in humans. I regard that as a good prognostic sign.

Indeed, I prefer to see an exaggeration than no change in the day or so

after acupuncture.

 

Best regards,