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"I wish I'd researched the alternatives first,
Dawson!" moaned my peppy red-haired friend Bill, holding his head
despairingly in his hands. "But we just plunged right into surgery and
radiation when Janice was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She became feeble.
Her immune system is weak. The treatment almost killed her. It's been almost
two years since she's been able to eat solid food."
It broke my friend’s heart to see his wife’s health take a dive headfirst. I
could hear it in his voice, and see it in his body language. Just talking
about it, brought him to tears.
I sat listening to Bill in silence. I remembered gently suggesting to him
two years ago when Janice was first diagnosed that they look at every
available treatment option. I warned him the surgery at the very least would
constrict his wife's throat and destroy her sense of taste. I told him that
they should research alternative therapies before committing to surgery.
If only Bill knew the power of alternative medicine and therapies, he would
never have blindly rushed his wife into the operating room.
The Power of Alternative Medicine and Therapy
According to a new survey, seventy-five percent of Americans now believe
that alternative medicine is more effective for certain conditions than
conventional medicine.
This belief is based on more than faith. Millions have experienced the power
of integrative medicine to treat conditions for which conventional
treatments can do little, such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, back
pain, fibromyalgia, and migraine headaches. And athletes, educators and
business executives are discovering that it improves their performance
level.
It turns out that your head contains a pharmacopeia of thousands of drugs.
Your beliefs, your emotions, your thoughts, your prayers, your
visualizations, and your spiritual practice all play a huge role in
maintaining your health and wellness.
When you think healthy thoughts and cultivate healthy feelings, your body
chemistry changes to support health.
In my book, Soul Medicine (coauthored with neurosurgeon Norm Shealy, M.D.,
Ph.D.), I list the treatments that trigger positive physical and
psychological changes. They are comparatively cheap, and sometimes free.
They are often easy and quick, and usually painless.
Here Are My Top 3 Alternative Medicine Treatments to Keep You Physically &
Mentally Healthy:
1. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)-- This alternative medicine technique
is based on natural gestures that human beings have used for stress relief
practically since the beginning of time. EFT is a three-minute routine for
touching fourteen specific points in a sequential pattern. This will
immediately calm even your most disturbed emotions.
2. Energy Medicine (EM)-- A system for working with your body's
electromagnetic circuits. This alternative medicine and therapy technique
will balance your health and wellness. Like moving a magnet through iron
filings and seeing the filings alter their shape, even a subtle shift in the
electromagnetic field of your body is sufficient to produce significant
changes in your cells.
3. Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT)— This technique helps you identify
pressure points on the head that aid in stress relief. While pressing these
points gently, think about your stressful situation. For most people, the
body will quickly relax and the stressful thoughts will resolve themselves.
By using these technique and others listed in my book, Soul Medicine, you
won't have to sign away control of your future. You won’t get trapped in an
endless maze of invasive procedures, as my unfortunate friend and his wife
did when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
Bill waited till Janice was at death's door before he searched for better
answers. Luckily, he wasn’t too late. You may not be so lucky.
So if you're facing a health crisis, check out the alternatives. Even if
you're healthy, find out how you can feel even better, and increase your
level of vitality. The practices of soul medicine can lead you to a more
vital and happier life.
©2007 Dawson Church, Ph.D. This article may be forwarded, published and
copied without charge provided that this copyright notice, and a link to
www.SoulMedicine.net, accompanies
it.
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