We are used to conventional medicine, nearly everyone seems to be believing in whatever doctor say and having him or her as a point of truth that is like an oracle to own health. We live longer, we seem to be healthier however at the same time there are some illnesses that are hard to explain. Cancer, tumors, addictions, depression, back pains, headache, insomnia, digestion problems are common and pain killers or conventional treatments seems not to be helping anymore sufficiently in sustainable way. People start looking for alternatives, however while reaching alternative medicine therapist, there seems to be hitting common doubt about it. Does it really work? Is this really going to help me or is this just another scam?
From some other perspective
Studying Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it’s possible that evidence could lead us to trace its origins back to shamanic practices. These practices were later documented and shaped by various dynasties between 1 and 4 thousand years B.C. The Yellow Emperor and Confucius are some of the names associated with this powerful medicine. TCM has a history of up to 12,000 years of natural medicine that has spread around the world despite various obstacles and challenges.
Auriculotherapy is a microsystem within TCM that can be used separately or in combination with other techniques. It allows for a fairly fast restoration of balance to the affected area. There is even a French version, which was created by neurologist Paul Nogier in 1957, that sharers and amplifies the idea of ear micro system from TCM, adding various aspects related to emotions and slightly updating the concept.
After so many years of medicine, with various schools and flavors, we still see some resistance or lack of belief that it all may work. Over the last century, a slightly different concept of medical care has been presented, where it appears to be a service that does the work for us, without much involvement from us. The new concept seems to be a selling point that we can be healthy without doing anything, but only by taking medications prescribed by doctors. While the concept has evolved recently to include diet and exercise, the underlying idea remains the same: take a pill or have something cut out when something goes wrong. This approach is helpful in many cases, such as in emergency situations, but I’m not sure why we rely so much on it for curing diseases. Is this our nature? Was it something that authorities said would work? Is it simply a solution that seems to work without much effort on our part?
There could be many answers to this question, but it’s worth noting that the healthcare system and modern medicine have been around for no more than 200 years, with the explosive development of pharmaceuticals occurring over the last 50 years. This seems like a relatively small amount of time when compared to the at least 6,000 years of documented history of Chinese Medicine and its development and use (not to mention shamanism and natural medicine).
My experience and passion
I had my first experience with TCM nearly 16 years ago when my son was diagnosed with asthma and conventional doctors could not help. TCM and dietary changes proved to be effective. Over the last 8 years, I have been discovering myself and learning about the natural dependencies between behaviors and their consequences. I have discovered the beauty of yoga and meditation and have experienced the magic of shamanism, looking beyond our physical bodies. Over the last year, I have been closing the circle by observing my body (and patients) from a TCM perspective, together with shamanism. All that I have learned from a shamanic perspective can be explained by TCM. It’s all about the energy in your body and its continuous flow and balance that is required.
Over the last few years, I have used needles to cure various pains such as lumbago, knee, shoulder, and spine pain, as well as skin infections, hemorrhoids, and prostate issues. I have observed how needles from both acupuncture and auriculotherapy can bring balance and unblock energy flows that are causing pain and suffering. I have witnessed and experienced miracles on a daily basis that do not require any medication or additional treatments. All that is needed is a patient who wants to be cured and a therapist who knows how to guide the patient. I could call it a “magic needle” instead of a magic wand or magic therapy.
Alternative Therapies – for me
If you are looking for a miraculous pill, magic wand, or healer that will come and heal you, then you must be very lucky to find one. While putting needles in the right place or using shamanic or energy healing techniques by a properly skilled and experienced therapist may result in temporary relief of pain or suffering, without proper and active participation of patient, it may be similar to using a painkiller or pharmacology. A balanced therapist can increase your vibration, resulting in a better mood, so repetitive therapy could be the way as well to keep up while you are not ready to really change.
In reality, everything will work to cure you if you really want it to happen and work together with your therapist. If you truly want to heal, quit smoking or drinking, become fitter or slimmer, get rid of pains, addictions, depression, insomnia, or other imbalances, you need to have a genuine desire to get rid of them (whether consciously or not). If you are truly willing to surrender into the healing process and let go of the way of being or thinking that made you sick, then yes, it will work perfectly and make miracles happen.
I truly believe that we cannot neglect so many years of history and study. While I am not a doctor, I have used both TCM and modern medicine. Combining the strengths, experience, and tradition of TCM with modern science and technology could really address the objective of medical care, which is to help people live healthy lives. Possible idealistic setup could be composed from (and not limited to) following alternative therapies:
- Treatment of real cause of illness – psychosomatic – shamanism, energy, cleansing, consciousness, changes of patterns and behaviors.
- TMC (acupuncture, auriculotherapy, dietetic, etc. ) – bringing balance and relief, guidelines to maintain balance and well being
- Conventional medicine – accidents, life threatening situations, urgent cases, support in transition from imbalance to balance, calming synthons while looking for root cause.
In any case or setup, I have experienced that relying solely on doctors, medical systems, whether they are conventional or not, is not the way to be healthy and may not really work. It is always (more or less consciously) in the hands of the patient who must either want to be healthy or need to get sicker to understand this need.
