[...]... to integrate both the explicate and implicate orders, the outside and the inside, the effects and the causes It is not enough to document and adjust the manifest symptoms of the disease, we have to understand the origins of the symptoms and why the body is using them for its own ends We need this holistic medical attitude to really assess and treat the root cause of disease HOLISM The term holism was... approach 2 Principles of Integrated Medicine DEFINITION OF INTEGRATED MEDICINE Integrated medicine is the holistic practice of medicine in which the patient, not the disease, is placed at the center of the healing process; the disease is defined by both the patient and the doctor; the patient is assessed as a spiritual, emotional–mental, and physical being; and all modalities of healing are appropriately... — the cause of my disease was eventually found to be in the microcosm of my internal illusion of “fear of failure.” “As above, so below” is the saying: One could also add, “as without, so within.” We can define holistic biological medicine in terms of the 5 6 The Clinical Practice of Complementary, Alternative, and Western Medicine relationships between the outer, revealed symptoms and the inner, internalized... observation utilizing the theories of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, and therapeutic nutrition and meld them into a model of biological understanding and medical practice? The answer is actually quite simple — start from the beginning and build a convincing model based upon sound physics, physiology, pathology, and clinical medicine and see if the model fits the expected outcome... Therapy .229 History of Neural Therapy 229 Neural Therapy Theory 229 Interference Fields .229 The Nervous System Theory 230 The Fascial Continuity Theory .231 The Matrix–Ground System Theory 231 The Lymphatic System Theory 231 The Tooth–Fuse Box Theory 231 The Clinical Practice of Neural Therapy... knowledge of the laws of physics, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology and apply it solely to the individualized biology of the patient in front of us, with only a passing acknowledgment of double-blind studies The patient you see in front of you and how you treat him or her is the clinical trial Arthur M Young, the inventor of the Bell Helicopter, in his book The Reflexive Universe — Evolution of Consciousness,”... the patient and the doctor to the disease and its biological purpose HISTORICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF INTEGRATED MEDICINE In order to explain the sudden renewal of interest in, and rediscovery of, complementary and alternative medicine, we first have to retrace some medical history As I mentioned earlier, I was privy to the activities of the witch doctors of the Zulu nation These shrewd and intuitive... symptoms did not make any sense, as the action of the formula does not cause palpitations and raised blood pressure, even in an increased dosage Inspection of the bottle revealed the cause of her symptoms Many of the newer Chinese patent formulas, as a reflection of the renewed interest of the Chinese in Western culture and medicine, include Western pharmaceuticals Some of the formulas for arthritis will,... integral part of his or her environment and surroundings including the universe However, the meaning of holism in medicine relates to the interrelatedness, dependence, and connectedness between all parts of the human being: separate cells, organ systems, mind and body, and body and soul The human whole is more than the sum of his or her parts and cannot be meaningfully dissected to understand the whole... unfortunate individual One of the inexplicable findings with respect to these spells was that all the malicious activity was done at a distance remote from the victim, but still seemed to have an effect Much the same sort of energy transfer is seen in the voodoo cult of Haiti and in the laying on of hands and the effect of prayer, albeit negative energy in the first instance and positive in the second two instances . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" The Clinical Practice of Complementary, Alternative, and Western Medicin e The Clinical Practice of Complementary, Alternative, and Western Medicin e W. John Diamond,. of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. He was a clinical fellow at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland in 1978–1979 and later became Scientific Director of. 213 History 213 Homeopathic Concepts 213 The Law of Similars 213 The Law of the Minimum Dose 213 The Totality of Symptoms 214 The Law of the Single Remedy 214 The Law of Cure 214 1399frameFM Page 16