What Is Healing Art?
In ancient times, healing was considered an art. Healing was understood by all as a complex interaction between a patient, a healer, a community of living beings, plant and animal communities (as well as insects and rocks and fish), communities of inanimate beings (such as ancestors, spirits, and archetypes) and that mysterious organization known by many names: Creator, God/wife, All the Highest.
The art of healing includes in-depth knowledge of human behavior, in-depth knowledge of plants, amazing martial arts, especially singing / singing and cost/drawing, as well as extensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry. (If you think these areas are not artistic, look at the system used by Traditional Chinese Physicians, which includes "organs" such as a heater three times and twelve different pulses.)
Art does not preclude or contradict science. Science is, after all, the only honest examination of ideas and the ability to clearly see the confusing relationship of cause and effect. The best science owes much to art. Art understands that science has a left brain and art has a right brain, and the whole brain combines both.
Science, however, is not so simple as art. Science believes that art is a superstition. Science believes that art is vague, soft, repetitive, and therefore unreliable. (I'm interested in the fact that the Liberal Arts University I attend - UCLA - requires students to take a variety of science courses, but the Science College I refused - MIT - did not require students to study art.) Science describes itself as fact and art is fun.
Really great scientists understand the need to respect intuition and knowledge. But the world is seldom dominated by bigots. So little by little, the art of medicine is degraded and the science of healing is respected. The therapist spends a lot of time working with equipment and drugs and technology, and less time with the patient; most of the time we read books and little time to read about the supernatural, figurative, and stimulating power of the mind. The therapist is very focused on rehabilitating the patient and gradually the patient's need for perfection in his or her personality, family, and community.
A herbalist becomes a biochemist. The chemist no longer needs to know about plant science. Herbs are introduced as drugs in green jackets. And the active ingredient is the only one that should be mentioned.
Is this what I want? Is this what drew me to the herbs? Is this what interests me about traditional medicine? My answer to all these questions is NO. While acknowledging the usefulness of science, I maintain a high degree of right-brain skills in the art of healing. I defend the rights of miracle workers, shamans, sorcerers, sorcerers, old women, wise, capable, personal power, and the courage to bring about change - big and small, born to death and in the middle - in the lives of those around them.
Herbal remedy. Magic plants. Mental-functioning plants. There is a cord here, and it goes back. At least 40,000 years. Plants have been talking to all of us until recently. Forty thousand years ago we know that our ancestors' used genes, synthesized, and isolated some psychedelic plants. And to use them in medicine. Maria Sabina, one of the 20th Century's most famous shamanic healers, entered the forest at a young age and ate psilocybin mushrooms because she was talking to him. He healed only with the help of mushrooms. In the Amazon, students of herbalism, healing, are studying psychiatric plants and human teachers.
Recently there has been a lot of talk about the active ingredients in plants. I’ve had a lot of laughs as brand ads say they have a lot of this or that only to be replaced by the announcement that a new, better, more effective, effective ingredient has been found.
For example, when Kyolic Garlic was shown by Consumer Reports that it did not contain allicin (the "active" ingredient), Kyolic objected to the advertising campaign claiming it was superior because it contained a different, stronger, active ingredient.
For example, many common tinctures in St. John's / Joan's Wort are represented by hypericin. But recent studies indicate that hyperforin is a real and effective ingredient!
Illustration: an article a few years ago in JAMA on the use of Ginkgo biloba to combat dementia explained that no active ingredient from among the few available components had been prescribed and, in fact, may have had a complex, synergistic effect. component communication. An article in the New York Times, however, warned readers not to use ginkgo until the active ingredient was developed.
What happened to me: The MD specialist on the menopause panel and I told the audience that there is no safe solution to be used unless its active ingredient is measured and measured. What can I say? To me, the active ingredient of the plant is the incomparable component: energy, life force, chi, plant myth, not something “toxic”. For the healer/artist/herbalist, the active part of the plant is the part that can be used by the right brain to actively, aggressively, naturally, "jump octave" and perform a miracle. This active part is refined into standard products because the real working part is the dirty part, the flexible part, the hidden part, and the invisible part.
Does science have anything to do with it? Absolutely! The process of identifying certain compounds in plants, repeating them in the laboratory, and producing them in bulk as drugs cannot be repeated or replaced by any therapist or herbalist. Conventional drug treatment protects the consumer (usually) and protects the plants from over-harvesting (although the residual effect).
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