VITALISM.. the big stumbling block 1-17-18

VITALISM   1-17-18

The Big Stumbling Block... I promised to write a bit about this.

Conventional science and medicine sees the body as a simple biological machine with neurological impulses and nothing more. Conventional medicine opposes most Alternative medicine because virtually all of them are based on VITALISM..a belief in a vital energy force that maintains life and must be treated together with the physical body. Some conventional MDs believe this and incorporate it it in their treatment which they call HOLISTIC. Most conventional medicine and science says this is 'unscientific' and labels it 'pseudo-science'.. even superstition. It is this concept and not Allopathy vs. Homeopathy that is the root of dissension.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism

Because Alternative medicine gives Vitalism so much consideration,, I am writing this bit about it now. It is often confused with 'superstition' or even religion, which is really isn't, but it is there just the same. It is labeled unscientific because science has no means of measuring it yet. Albert Einstein was not very religious, but he accepted Vitalism because it is energy, and energy can never be destroyed or used up, only changed from one form to another.

WESTERN HERBALISM is the least connected to Vitalism now and it is Allopathic like conventional medicine.. treating symptoms with opposites.

Middle Eastern and Eastern medicine is highly involved with Vitalism. Acupuncture tries to promote healing by influencing this invisible Vital Force that flows through designated channels much like the lymphatic system. These channels are called Meridians. Acupuncture tries to stimulate and 'trigger' these points of force mechanically like Homeopathy tries to do chemically. India medicine Ayurveda also deals with the same 'life force' they call Prana and it moves between Chakras.

HOMEOPATHY is the most western alternative medicine heavily connected with Vitalism which is one reason it is opposed by science. Homeopathic remedies do not fight the illness, instead they 'trigger' the Vital Force in the Host to cause the body to heal itself much like Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture. Much of what is labeled homeopathy today is far different than that which Samuel Hahnemann started. As for extreme dilutions.. this is a departure from what Hahnemann did who generally used 30C or lower dilutions, often 6C. Traditional homeopathy rarely uses greater than 30C dilutions. Homeopathic extremists do extreme things.

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