By Lawrence
Wilson, MD
©
August 2013, The Center For Development
WHAT ARE HEALING
REACTIONS?
Healing reactions are temporary
symptoms that occur only on deep healing regimens in which the body retraces or
goes back and heals old infections, wounds, injuries, or other imbalances from
the past. Many are related to
eliminating toxic substances, healing chronic infections, or metabolic shifts
that take place as a body heals and its vitality
increases.
Other texts may
refer to healing reactions as flare-ups, crises, retracing
reactions, Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions, Herxheimer reactions,
Lucio's Phenomena, die-off reactions,
purification reactions, the reversal process, aggravations or
exacerbations.
Healing crises or reactions are an essential
feature of all true and deep healing methods. They can be unpleasant and
rarely are frightening. However, they
are welcome signs of healing. If they
did not occur, one knows that a healing method may offer symptomatic relief, but
usually it is not as deep healing as those therapies that cause healing
reactions. Among the medical sciences
that cause these reactions are chiropractic, homeopathy, some psychotherapy such
as psychoanalysis, rarely herbal remedies, and nutritional balancing science.
Retracing is
poorly understood. Healing reactions are little understood in
allopathic medical practice because they rarely occur with drug medicine
approaches. They also do not occur with
most herbal, nutritional and other holistic and naturopathic approaches to
health care.
As a result, most
people, including doctors, are unfamiliar with them and often frightened of
them. However, anyone who undertakes
nutritional balancing therapy may experience them at times, at least to some
degree. Therefore, it is excellent to
understand them better.
Symptoms of
retracing. Most healing reactions are mild and pass
quickly. Symptoms may include almost
anything. One could experience diarrhea,
constipation, aches or pains, muscle cramps, discharges, odors, rashes,
headaches, irritability or fatigue.
Rarely, symptoms are more vigorous, such as a vigorous cold, flu, or even
retracing an old case of pneumonia or hepatitis.
Burning pain upon
urination. For example, rarely a person reports burning
pain in the urethra and bladder area upon urination. This occurs in children, at times. The cause is a release of an irritating toxin
through the kidneys and into the urine.
The best way to handle it is usually to drink more water, and perhaps
take an Epsom salt bath – but no more than 3 baths per week.
If it continues
and is annoying, reduce the supplement program and it will likely slow down the
elimination and thus the pain or burning sensation will diminish. Eventually, it will pass when the toxin is
completely eliminated.
Emotional and
psychological healing reactions are among the
most interesting, and often the most important.
Typical symptoms include feelings of anxiety, depression, fear or
anger. However, as with the
physical symptoms, almost any symptom is possible, depending upon a person’s
past traumas and experiences.
At times, more
intense psychological and emotional retracing occurs with nutritional
balancing. This often has to do with
retracing old emotional traumas and molestation. However, in almost all cases, the body will
not undertake a healing reaction unless it can see it through to
completion. For this reason, reassurance
and general supportive measures are usually all that is required during even an
intense reaction. These measures are
discussed below.
RETRACING IS A
TYPE OF SECONDARY CHAOS
Retracing reactions may be described
as flare-ups of secondary chaos in terms of chaos theory. Chaos theory is a very modern and interesting science. The concept is that when a system is not
working right, it causes chaos. As the
system is fixed or corrected, the degree of chaos diminishes. However, at times, secondary chaos may
occur.
This is an apt
description of a healing reaction. In
our biological terms, a sick body is one that is in a high state of chaos. Nutritional balancing reduces this
chaos. However, along the way, more
chaos may erupt for a while as the body heals.
This is a rough description of what occurs in a healing
reaction.
RETRACING VERSUS A
WORSENING OF HEALTH
Caution: At times, reactions are not
due to healing and indicate a worsening of a health condition. This happened to this author, and it happens
to many people. One reads about
retracing, and just assumes that any symptom that arises is a healing or
retracing reaction.
It can be vitally important to know
if a reaction is due to healing or a worsening of a condition. Answering the five questions below can help
one to know which is occurring.
1. Was the person following a nutritional
balancing program, including diet, rest, supplements and the proper application
of the sauna? Healing reactions occur most often when the
body is given all that it needs. If the
complete program is followed fairly strictly, the reaction is likely due to
healing.
However, if a person is not
following the program, or on a different regimen, then it is more likely that it
is not a healing reaction. Also, if one
is terminally ill, it may not be a healing reaction.
2. Was one feeling better before the
reaction occurred? Healing reactions require energy. One’s energy level often increases until
sufficient to initiate a reaction. Thus,
a reaction can occur and often does just when one is feeling stronger. If one had been feeling worse, the reaction
is less likely due to healing, however.
3.
Have the symptom occurred in the past? Often, old symptoms or conditions recur
during healing reactions. If one
experienced the symptom in even the distant past, it is more likely, though not
always, due to healing.
4. Are the symptoms
unusual? Healing reactions often produce odd symptom
pictures. One might develop a sore
throat or flu without fatigue. This
occurs when one is really not ill, though one may develop some features of an
illness.
5. How long have symptoms
lasted? Healing reactions usually do not last
long. They may be vigorous but end in a
few hours or at most about a week. If a
reaction or flare-up lasts more than several weeks, it may be a worsening of
one’s condition.
This one is tricky, however, because
a deep-seated physical or emotional problem may take weeks or months to retrace
completely in a few cases. Look to the
other questions for more clarity, or do a hair analysis retest to gain more
insight as to what is going on.
EMOTIONAL HEALING
REACTIONS
One can change
emotionally as well as physically during sauna therapy. Anyone undergoing a nutritional balancing
healing program needs to be prepared for these emotional shifts as body
chemistry improves.
Causes of these
changes are elimination of toxins that affect the brain and improvements in
clarity of thought. Other mechanisms
involve returning to earlier states of body chemistry that are associated with
specific emotional states or traumas, or elimination of what may be called
emotional toxins.
Emotional toxins are feelings or
beliefs that block healing. Examples are
feeling unworthy, unloved, incompetent, stupid, ugly, unfit or unlovable. Others are fears, worries, anger, resentment,
guilt and others. These can be every bit
as toxic as pesticides or heavy metals.
Following is more detail regarding some of the mechanisms of emotional healing
reactions.
Physically-linked
Reactions: Some emotional toxins are linked to physical
toxins and impaired body chemistry. An
unhealthy body sends negative messages to the brain. These may be experienced as feelings of fear,
anxiety or unworthiness.
Toxic metals can directly affect
neurotransmitters and parts of the brain associated with anger, fear and other
emotions. Iron, for example, is known to
settle in the amygdala, an area of the brain
associated with anger.
As physical toxins
are eliminated, emotional states will change.
As health improves, the body sends positive messages to the brain. An emotional crisis may occur as it becomes
more difficult to hold on to negative feelings and
beliefs.
Energy-related
Reactions: Though often not taught in psychology, energy
is required to feel feelings, even to feel a depression. Many times, a mineral analysis has revealed a
pattern associated with depression. The
client, however, denied the feeling.
After weeks or months on a healing program, the client called and may
blame me or the healing program for causing feelings of
depression.
In fact, the healing program merely
enhanced the client’s energy and awareness.
The client began to feel what had previously been inaccessible or
suppressed. Once the feelings surface,
they usually resolve quickly on their own.
The brain, like the body, is self-healing provided it functions
correctly.
For a psychological view of this
phenomenon, I recommend a few older
psychology books, Arthur Janov’s The Primal Scream and The Primal Revolution. Enhanced energy due to natural therapies
causes the brain to function better.
Clarity of thinking, memory and awareness often improve. This assists one to question beliefs about
oneself and about the world. More
capable of understanding oneself, one lets go of false beliefs and destructive
behaviors.
Completion Reactions: Incompletely healed traumas leave emotional
residues. Small children often cry hard
when they fall down. They ‘work through’
the trauma in ten minutes and soon are laughing as if nothing happened. This is the proper way to handle a
trauma. If energy is low or if healing
is interrupted for some other reason, a residue of the experience remains and
one develops fears or other neuroses. As
energy and cognition improve, one often spontaneously heals residues of unhealed
traumas.
Decompensation Reactions: Certain attitudes and behaviors are
compensations for ill health or low energy.
As health improves, these are no longer needed and may disappear
suddenly. A surprising shift may occur,
often accompanied by an insight about oneself or about the
world.
Sometimes an emotional toxin is a
major stumbling block that stops the healing process until the client is willing
to address it. Psychotherapy or other
healing modalities may be required. Body
work and other therapies can also be excellent to work with emotional wounds
that retard healing.
Simple adjustment reactions. These are common and involve a simple
replacement of a toxic mineral with a more physiological mineral, or the
correction of a simple enzyme system of the body. Another simple reaction or adjustment is the
improvement in a glandular or organ activity.
Spiritual reactions – reducing
chaos on a larger scale.
These are
discussed below.
HANDLING PHYSICAL
HEALING REACTIONS
In general, the body will not undertake a
healing reaction unless it can see it through. Most important is to support the body,
allowing it to proceed with minimal interference. At times, one may speed up a reaction so it
will end sooner. Other times, one may
slow down a reaction to lessen the severity of symptoms. Basic support for healing reactions
includes:
1. Rest lying down as much as
possible. Also, reduce stress and strain. Conserve energy for healing. Reduce mental as well as physical
activity. Breathing deeply and slowly is
very calming for the nervous system.
2. Eat lightly. Digestion is an extra stress during healing
reactions. If one is very uncomfortable,
it may be best to skip a meal. One may
notice that symptoms subside after eating a meal. The meal is not making one better. Energy must be diverted from healing to
digest the meal, so symptoms temporarily diminish while one digests.
While drinking adequate water is
important during healing reactions, guzzling extra water is usually not
helpful.
3. Discontinue
most nutritional supplements until a reaction passes. Reactions will proceed without most
supplements. Some can impair the healing
process. See below for
exceptions.
4. Shorten sauna
sessions. Continuing with long sauna sessions can
intensify a healing reaction. If the
liver is being overloaded with toxins, this may not be desirable. It may be best to cease using a sauna or
reduce the frequency and duration of sessions until the reaction passes. On the other hand, for clearing an infection,
healing a wound or injury or certain other conditions, continuing or even
increasing sauna sessions may get it over with faster.
In general, during a healing
reaction, 10-15 minute sessions eight times per day are better than long
sessions. These are less debilitating in
the midst of a healing reaction. When
reactions occur, it helps greatly to call and speak with someone familiar with
sauna therapy and healing reactions.
5. Other detoxification procedures
are often helpful. Besides more short sauna sessions, other
procedures include coffee enemas, chiropractic, and foot reflexology. Enemas are excellent and perhaps essential if
one feels constipated and toxic.
Chiropractic and related therapies may also be helpful. Be careful, however, to get references and
make sure anyone you visit is completely reputable.
6. Call someone familiar with
healing reactions if one is unsure how to handle them. Nutritional balancing is not a
do-it-yourself program. When
going through a healing reaction, your judgment is usually not good. So please contact your nutritional balancing
consultant or doctor. Do not just try to
solve things yourself. This is a hard
and fast rule.
Years ago, when I
had a large practice, a number of my clients went to the emergency room instead
of calling me when they experienced healing reactions. They wasted hundreds of dollars and received
little or no benefit because the doctors at the hospital did not understand what
was occurring, and drugs often do not work during a healing
reaction.
In contrast, those
that stayed in touch with me passed through healing reactions, some of which
were very vigorous, without needing any medical intervention. So please stay in touch with your
practitioner, who can check with me if we are not sure what is going
on.
7. Use care in discussing healing
reactions with physicians and others unfamiliar with them. Healing symptoms can easily be misinterpreted
as illness. This is a common
problem. Unless the doctor, friend or
family member understands, costly tests and toxic medication may be
recommended. Medication can complicate
reactions and is rarely effective.
Reactions will usually proceed in spite of it.
GENERAL SUPPORTIVE
MEASURES
For toxic
reactions in general: As toxins are
mobilized and eliminated, one may experience headaches, rashes, pain, dizziness,
abdominal discomfort and other symptoms.
In addition to the
general ideas above, more coffee enemas are wonderful for most detoxification
reactions of this type. In addition,
adding milk thistle and dandelion root to your nutritional balancing program may
help.
Nausea is usually
due to congestion of the liver due to toxin removal. More coffee enemas, up to four per day, is
often helpful. Two coffee enemas can be
taken back to back in the morning, and two back to back in the afternoon. This is a powerful combination, and this can
be continued for a week or even a month or more, if
needed.
In an extreme
case, one can induce vomiting if extreme nausea is present. Drink salt water first, so the stomach is not
empty. Lying down and remaining quiet
for half an hour or more is often very beneficial.
SUPPORT FOR
INFECTIONS
Retracing
infections is often a bit scary, as one can develop fever, rashes, dizziness and
other disturbing symptoms. However, if a
person is following a nutritional balancing program, most infections, no matter
how vigorous they seem, are benign and ideally should never be suppressed with
drugs, high-dose vitamin C, or other remedies.
Herbs such as Echinacea, golden seal and astragalus, are okay.
At times, colloidal silver is helpful.
Always make sure
that one’s temperature does not rise above about 103-104 F. If it becomes higher, ways to lower it
naturally include sponging the body with cool water, and a coffee enema or two
will almost always lower a fever.
This will have to be repeated
every few hours, but that is okay.
Also, be sure you
are well-hydrated when fever is present, as the body can easily become
dehydrated. Drink water, and not tea or
juice, please.
Common sites of
chronic infections are the sinuses, ears, eyes, throat, bronchials, lungs, intestines, kidneys and bladder. Most people have dozens of chronic infections
that commonly flare up as they are healed.
They go from chronic to acute, and are then eliminated. This is the reverse order in which they took
hold in the body. Here are some simple
and safe supportive therapies that are excellent for retracing
infections.
Coffee
enemas. These are excellent to help one move through
any infection or fever. Up to four per
day is fine.
Heat. Heat activates the immune system
and may disable or even kill some microorganisms. Sauna use is excellent to help heal some
chronic infections. Do not continue if
it just flares things up, which occasionally occurs.
A hot bath,
perhaps with several pounds of Epsom salts in it, may also be helpful and can be
repeated several days in a row, if needed.
If using an infrared electric light
sauna, expose the infected area to more infrared as this can speed healing in
some cases. Another excellent idea is to
shine one or more red heat lamps on the thymus gland area, which is the middle
of the chest or breast bone. Do this for
30 minutes at a time, twice or three times daily. This may also speed up
healing.
Diet. Eat lightly.
Drink plenty of spring water.
Chicken soup helps with some infections.
Do not eat fruit or fruit juices, as they are too yin. Stay with the recommended diet but just eat
less, especially if you are not too hungry.
Never eat a lot when sick.
Remedies. Check with your consultant about taking any
of these remedies, as they will be indicated sometimes, but not others. They include:
Limcomin. This is a product
from Endomet Laboratories that contains some zinc,
copper, vitamins A and C, and a little magnesium and vitamin B6. It is designed to support the immune
response, and often works extremely well.
Adults can take up to 6 tablets three times daily. Children need less depending on their size
and weight.
Colloidal
silver. I prefer the following brands, although other
may work well, too. Arabesque, Endomet, Sovereign Silver and Live Silver. However, other brands are sometimes very
good, too. The usual dose for a
low-potency product for an adult is about 1 tablespoon three times daily, taken
by itself, at least 15 minutes away from all food and all beverages before and
after taking it. It may also be applied
locally by sniffing it, inhaling it or putting it on the skin or a drop in an
ear, for example.
Bee propolis. This is more convenient in tablets or
capsules, but also comes in liquid form.
Follow the instructions on the bottle, since the dosages may vary. It is very safe, so it is hard to
overdo.
Zinc, vitamins A
and C, echinacea and astralagus. These are also helpful for many infections,
though not all. Warning: do not use high-dose
vitamin C as a general rule. It upsets
body chemistry, lowers copper, is too yin and not needed. Especially avoid ALL extra vitamin C if a
person is a fast oxidizer or is in a four lows pattern.
Lifestyle. Rest lying down as much as possible.
Any infection that persists for more
than several days may not be a healing reaction. In this case, consult a knowledgeable
practitioner as infections can become serious threats to one’s health.
SUPPORT FOR
OTHER COMMON RETRACING SYMPTOMS
For Pain in the Liver or Kidney
Area: For pain in the
area of the liver, extra coffee enemas are often excellent. You can also try taking extra ox bile and
pancreatin (such as GB-3 by Endomet Labs) and silymarin or
milk thistle tincture, preferably, up to 50 drops three times a day or up to 3
capsules three times per day of a standardized product.
For pain in the kidneys or ureters, drink extra water, up to one quart extra per
day. Nettles may be helpful, up to 20
drops three times/day of a standardized extract.
For Diarrhea: Elimination of antibiotics, metals or toxic
chemicals may cause diarrhea. Rest
plenty and eat lightly. Avoid all fruit
and all sweets!
Six charcoal
tablets, three times per day will help absorb toxins. Bee propolis or
grapefruit seed extract may help with some intestinal infections.
Well-cooked garlic or 15 garlic
capsules daily may be needed if one is releasing parasites. Eat lightly of non-fibrous, non-irritating
foods such as rice, other grains, chicken and cooked vegetables until diarrhea
passes. Severe diarrhea that persists
requires intervention. Otherwise one may
lose vital electrolytes and become dehydrated.
For Emotional
Reactions: Emotional traumas
deeply held need to be brought to consciousness to be released. When emotions or negative thoughts arise,
allow oneself to feel them without suppressing or wallowing in the
feelings. This can be difficult. Call your consultant or one of our program support counselors, if needed.
Doing more of the
Roy Masters meditation exercise can be most helpful, as can the physical
procedures such as coffee enemas, near infrared lamp sauna sessions, rubbing the
feet, and the others.
Observe feelings
from as neutral a viewpoint as possible.
It is very helpful to talk with someone supportive to gain added
perspective. Feelings will generally
pass, washing over oneself like ocean waves.
Vigorous exercise can slow emotional
reactions. Extra rest and sleep will
help them pass more quickly.
Many people learned well to suppress
their feelings and have great difficulty expressing them. One may become afraid of one’s own buried
feelings. These people benefit from
allowing themselves to cry, scream or otherwise express that which they
feel. If this seems embarrassing, one
can close the bedroom door or go sit in a car.
For several years I would cry for no apparent reason, often in crowded
places. At times I believed I was ill,
but eventually the symptom passed and I found myself much
happier.
For Nervousness
And Anxiety: Elimination of stored caffeine, theophylline, diet pills or other stimulant substances can
cause temporary feelings of anxiety as they are released. These will pass without requiring supportive
therapy. Extreme fatigue or copper
elimination can also cause feelings of anxiety.
If a feeling is very intense or
persistent, nutritional supplements of calcium, magnesium, zinc and ICMN (a product containing choline, inositol, methionine and niacinamide) may
have a calming effect.
One may take up to
2500 mg of calcium, 1500 mg of magnesium, 100 mg of zinc and 1000 mg of choline, inositol, methionine and niacinamidein a
24-hour period.
Resting, deep, slow breathing,
calming herbs, massage, foot reflexology and other natural therapies may be
helpful as well.
For Weight Loss or
Gain: During
nutritional balancing programs, weight may fluctuate. Weight gain may occur if the body retains
water to buffer toxins that are being eliminated. Weight loss may occur even in a thin person
as damaged tissue is broken down. One
often will go through periods of greater tissue breakdown followed by periods of
rebuilding. Shifts in glandular activity
may temporarily cause weight gain or loss.
Most shifts in weight are not a
cause for concern. In some cases, eating
more or fewer calories may assist in balancing weight during a detoxification
program. Usually, however, the
nutritional balancing program needs to take its course and weight will normalize
after several months to several years, depending on the toxicity of the
body.
To Slow Healing
Reactions: According to Dr.
Paul Eck’s research, taking lecithin granules can help slow the elimination of
toxic metals and chemicals. Do not take
lecithin otherwise. Taking aspirin,
Tylenol, tranquilizers or other over the-counter remedies is never
recommended.
EXTENDED HEALING
REACTIONS
While most healing reactions do not
last more than a few days or a week, some will persist for a month or up to a
year. They are often deeper healing
processes that cannot be resolved quickly.
These are among the most difficult reactions to handle because one can
easily doubt that anything positive is occurring.
I recently went through several of
these. For about one year, I coughed up
greenish mucus from the lungs. I also
retraced intestinal infections that caused diarrhea and abdominal pain for over
a year until they subsided. I also had
an odd, itchy rash on the face for over a year.
All of these went away, but were
difficult because of the length of time it took for the body to take care of
them. I tried a few remedies, but they
did not work, and I knew that most remedies are not needed or helpful with a
nutritional balancing program.
I contacted those who were
knowledgeable in this science, and that was most helpful, and that is what I
recommend. Eventually, the symptoms
passed and I was much stronger after the purification symptoms
passed.
SPIRITUAL HEALING
REACTIONS
Medical intuitive Carolyn Myss and other authors discuss spiritual healing crises,
spiritual depression and even "spiritual madness". Anything that raises the body's energy level
or alters chemistry, including a nutritional balancing program, can precipitate
such as crisis.
Such a crisis may involve taking a
leap of faith, letting go of old attachments, increasing self-awareness or a
major shift in perspective. Many people
are ill because they are secretly full of fear, guilt, self-hatred or
self-loathing.
A healing crisis may bring this to
the surface. Such reactions often
involve a phase of turmoil and confusion.
After passing through such a crisis, some physical healing usually
proceeds rapidly. For more on this
topic, read a newer article on this website entitled Spiritual or Chaos-Reducing Healing Reactions Or
Retracing.
SOUL RETRACING,
SOUL RECOVERY OR SOUL COMPLETION
This is another phenomenon that I
have observed with retracing, in some cases.
I call it soul retracing because it is at a very deep level. It might also be called soul completion. In some traditions, it is called soul recovery.
Soul completion has to do with
perfecting of the inner person or soul.
All of us are born with certain “defects” or imperfections at deep levels
or soul levels. At times, and with the
proper techniques, these imperfections can be cleansed, erased or
completed. It has to do with removing
some toxic metals.
Soul completion is also an
aspect of what is called on this website mental or spiritual development, as are
the spiritual healing reactions described above. The difference is that soul completion is
more complex and takes more time to occur than other aspects of mental
development.
Relation to soul recovery. Soul completion is related to, and is an
aspect of a science called soul
recovery. Soul recovery is a term
used in the Native American Indian tradition, and in other shamanic and mystical
traditions. As they use the term, it
means that one recovers parts of the soul that have been split off. In fact, what occurs is biochemical in nature
and involves replacing a toxic metal or entity with a vital or healthful
mineral. This is, in fact, the same
thing that happens with nutritional balancing science and meditation with the
Roy Masters exercise with modifications.
We are just describing it and causing it using biochemical, nutritional and meditative methods.
EFFECTS OF
RETRACING ON FAMILY MEMBERS
When a person moves through a
healing reaction, it can be hard on other family members. First, it can seem like the person is more
ill, which is always disconcerting.
Also, the person is partially present, but at times another part of the
personality is literally living in the past, reliving, redoing, and/or reframing
something from the past.
This can cause the person to be
less aware of the present, and sometimes causes one to “act out” in some way
because a part of the person’s mind is literally back in the past when the
person was 5 or ten years old, for example, and therefore less mature and less
aware. This can be difficult on spouses,
for example. fortunately, it usually
does not last too long, but it can be difficult to
understand.
DISCUSSING HEALING
REACTIONS
Forewarned, most
people handle healing reactions well.
One should look forward to reactions as they are evidence of deep
healing. Always call someone knowledgeable if 1) you
are not sure what is going on, 2) you are concerned or worried, 3) any reaction
becomes severe such as a high fever, or 4) a reaction continues for more than a
few days.
These guidelines are sufficient to
handle most healing reactions. I have
worked with over 40,000 clients. Healing
reactions can be vigorous, but rarely dangerous. Always use common sense, however. Rarely, medical intervention is needed, but
certainly not often. Taking medical
drugs such as antibiotics and aspirin or others can prolong the reaction or even
turn it into a dangerous situation.
THE DANGERS OF
RETRACING
Almost all retracing reactions are
totally benign. Some last for a few
months, or can be very annoying, but most pass quickly and easily without a need
for any extra interventions.
However, once in a
while they are extreme. Here are some
examples. The first two were my
clients
Case
1. Robert, age 60,
had had a severe car accident 30 years before in which he temporarily became
paralyzed from the neck down. However,
he seemed to recover after a few months, although his health was never very good
after the accident. After about five
years on a nutritional balancing program, he began to become weak and actually
lost the ability to walk normally. He
was hospitalized and doctors told him he had a neck injury that required
immediate surgery. He postponed the
surgery, and began a long recovery using an infrared lamp on the area, and a
careful diet and supplements. Although
he was recovering very slowly, he agreed to have neck surgery to release tension
in the neck, but was progressing well before surgery as
well.
Case
2. Peter, age 78,
was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. He
was given 6 months to live. He chose to
follow a nutritional balancing program and began to feel better almost
immediately. He continued to feel better
for about one and one-half years.
However, when he was at his best, he began to have pain in his
kidneys. This was likely a healing
reaction as the body removed a lot of toxins through the
kidneys.
Unfortunately, in
this case Peter’s family panicked, as they believed he was having a relapse of
his cancer. They had him admitted to the
hospital, where he was given a large dose of morphine, and perhaps other
drugs. Peter’s body could not handle the
highly toxic dose of morphine. He soon
lapsed into a coma and died within a few days.
This is the only case I have been involved with in 30 years in which
someone died during what appears to have been a healing reaction. I believe this man was doing well and did not
need to be hospitalized, where the doctors do not understand retracing and often
use very toxic drugs in such cases, a very unwise
practice.
Case #3.
Dr. Bernard Jensen describes a fatal healing
reaction that occurred in one of his patients.
The patient was a boy with an advanced cancer with a tumor pressing on
his spinal cord. He was doing well on a
corrective nutrition and lifestyle program.
However, at one point, the tumor began to either grow or swell. This can happen as a tumor is breaking up or
being absorbed by the body. It was just
enough that it impinged on the spinal cord and the body stopped breathing and
died.
These cases are important because
they point out possible dangers and necessary cautions that should be observed
with any healing reaction. If the patient is very ill, very weak, old or
debilitated, then extreme caution must be used.
Also, while medical intervention is sometimes helpful, it can also be
extremely harmful in some of these cases.
METAPHYSICAL
ASPECTS OF RETRACING
During a retracing
or healing reaction, it appears that one must essentially revisit the scene of the crime, to use a
crude metaphor. There one must revisit,
reframe, and redo an old insult to the body or the mind. This could be an ailment, an injury or some
other type of emotional trauma, for example.
This is needed, apparently, to heal the problem completely. It appears that this is the only way a person
can build a firm and perfect foundation for further
healing.
One of the amazing
aspects of retracing is that as the body’s energy or vitality level keeps
increasing, the body seems to know the perfect order for retracing dozens of
insults, injuries, infections and so on.
At one time it may be an old case of poison ivy that flares up, while two
months later it may be an emotional trauma involving a parent or sibling.
With nutritional
balancing, the job of the practitioner and the client is to just keep balancing
and supporting the body and it will automatically retrace and heal hundreds of
old wounds, injuries, infections and much more by itself when the conditions are
fulfilled to keep enhancing the homeostasis, vitality and nutrition of the
body. It is quite an amazing process to
behold, although it can be annoying and even scary, at times. This has something to do with a concept
called Etheric
Reset.
References
One can read about healing reactions
in texts on homeopathy, chiropractic and psychotherapy where they may be
referred to as the catharsis. Max Gerson, MD, in A
Cancer Therapy - Results of 50 Cases, devoted an entire chapter to
them. William Frederich Koch, MD mentions them often in his excellent
book, The Survival Factor in Neoplastic and Viral Diseases. Bernard Jensen, DC, ND wrote about them in The Doctor-Patient Handbook.
