To effectively restore function, the resulting physiological state should be permanent and lasting following the cessation of the intervention. If symptoms come back following the end of the protocol, restoration of function has been achieved.
The way the body presents symptoms and the order it in which it heals itself is compiled in the simple yet profound Law of Cure developed by Dr. Constantine Hering. Within the four principles of the law are the fundamentals of healing and symptom presentation.
Hering’s Law of Cure states:
1. Symptoms move from above downwards.
2. Symptoms move from within outwards.
3. Symptoms move from a more important organ to a less important organ.
4. Symptoms heal in the reverse order of their coming.
Understanding of how symptoms typically move within the body provides us insight in the progression of dis-ease as well as how another system or systems of the body may be driving the resulting symptoms. It also clearly points out that the suppression of symptoms is a band aide for a greater problem in many instances. For example, a topical cream for eczema isn’t going to do much for the sake of cure if the dysfunction is coming from inside the body and the symptom has simply moved outward to the skin. Maybe a gallbladder problem really isn’t a problem with the gallbladder. Maybe an SI joint dysfunction is a cervical spine issue. The symptoms seem to move to a place that will provide the host with the best chance of survival.
The body is a weave of integrated systems with no beginning or end. The isolationist and reductionist approach of specialists of every kind is ultimately a failure because it fails to take into account the wholeness and synergism of the body. Everything works together and anything can affect anything. If you don’t understand the fundamentals of healing, system interdependence, and physiological function, the success of your protocols will be limited.
Resources
http://www.homeoint.org/cazalet/schmidt/lawofcure.htm
