RETRACING,
HEALING REACTIONS, PURIFICATION REACTIONS OR FLARE-UPS
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, colonic irrigation, massage, chiropractic,
energy balancing and acupressure.
Enemas are excellent and perhaps essential if one feels constipated and
toxic. Chiropractic and energy
balancing may also be most helpful.
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 usually 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.
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