RETRACING
OR HEALING REACTIONS
by
Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© May
2022, LD
Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All
information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment,
prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
To
read a very personal story of retracing, click here. Another article about retracing is: Trauma Retracing.
UPDATES 2018.
Please read The Sting Or Fire Reaction for new
information about a trauma healing reaction.
Another
article about retracing that has been recently updated is Four
Pains That Are Common During A Development Program.
Table of Contents
Warning
Definition Of Retracing
Three Phases Of Retracing
III. DETAILS ABOUT HEALING
REACTIONS
Definition Of Healing Reactions
Types Of Reactions
The Ship Analogy
The Car Analogy
IV. SYMPTOMS OF HEALING
REACTIONS
Physical
Symptoms
Mental/Emotional
Symptoms
VIII. RETRACING WITH
OTHER HEALING ARTS
Warning: Healing reactions are occasionally
vigorous and once in a great while, they are dangerous. Most of the time, they are benign and
do not require special care or medical intervention. However, please always use common sense during healing
reactions. PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH
WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HELPER DURING HEALING REACTIONS.
DEFINITION OF
RETRACING
Retracing is the name of the process in which a body that is strengthened and balanced properly with a development program re-experiences and heals old illnesses or traumas that were incompletely healed in the past. A good partial definition is from an article about IRIS: 'Unmasking' of a hidden infection OR paradoxical symptomatic relapse of a prior infection despite successful therapy.
This definition is only partial because retracing may involve infection, but may also involve toxin release, emotional release, trauma release or other changes in body chemistry.
OTHER NAMES
Retracing is known
in all methods of health and medical care. Other names for it are:
- in allopathic or
conventional medicine: IRIS
(immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome) and
Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions.
- in psychology: the catharsis.
- in chiropractic: exacerbations or retracing.
- in acupuncture:reactions
- in some natural
healing arts: flare-ups, purification
reactions, healing reactions, aggravations.
Aggravations.
Homeopaths use the word aggravations to describe something that
occurs, at times, when they give a remedy. We formerly believed this was the same as a healing reaction
on a development program.
However, we now
think they are not the same because the aggravations with homeopathy are
usually brief and mild. In
contrast, healing reactions with a development program are much deeper.
We have learned, for
example, that homeopathy may neutralize toxic metals, but will not remove
them. A development program
actually removes the metals.
Development depends upon this.
This is just one reason we do not use or ever recommend homeopathy,
which we also find to be toxic and too yin.
Poorly
understood. Retracing is a
natural ability of all bodies.
However, it is not well known or well understood because it rarely
occurs with conventional medical methods.
It also does not
occur often when one uses holistic, herbal, or naturopathic healing
methods. The reason for this is
that the latter methods do not renourish, balance and strengthen the body
sufficiently for retracing to occur.
The word retracing
is used in chiropractic science, and retracing can occur with quality
chiropractic care.
Requirements. The retracing process usually requires:
- excellent
nutrition
- an increase in the
vitality of the body
- a more yang
condition of the body
- perhaps other
favorable conditions such as adequate rest and sleep, retention of sexual fluid,
and at times, other conditions such as exiting a harmful relationship.
PHASES OF THE
RETRACING PROCESS
1.
Improved vitality. The development
program must cause a drastic increase in the vitality or adaptive energy level
of the body. One may not feel this
as more energy, since adaptive energy is different than just adrenal
stimulation, for example. One
might feel better in an overall way, such as having more energy or having fewer
symptoms.
2.
Chronic Becomes Acute. An old emotional or
mental trauma, an infection, or some other imbalance moves from a chronic to an
acute state. In other terms, it
comes up into waking consciousness for review and healing. In some cases, an active fight erupts
between an old infection, for example, and the bodyÕs defense mechanisms. This will cause a fever, aches and
pains, or other symptoms.
3.
Healing And Resolution. One must then
re-experience the illness or event properly. This may involve reframing, redoing, re-analyzing or just
handling a symptom without panicking.
As you do this, the symptom or trauma resolves, and is gone forever.
If it is a major
infection or trauma, it may not all resolve at one time. One may need to resolve part of it at a
time, until after several flare-ups it is totally healed.
This phase has two
aspects:
a. Removal of infections, tumors, toxic
metals or toxic chemicals or even a toxic or improper attitude.
b. Rebuilding of tissues and organs. This is when healing reactions
occur. They are evidence of an
active removal and rebuilding process.
HAIR ANALYSIS
INDICATORS OF THE PHASES OF RETRACING
The following is an
introduction to the hair analysis indicators of the retracing process. We are writing a more detailed article
on this subject.
First phase indicators.
Often, the oxidation rate and the sodium/potassium ratio improve on
retests during the first phase of retracing. One may also feel better, such as having a little more
energy.
Second
phase indicators. In this phase, the
sodium/potassium ratio often decreases, sometimes sharply. One may also move into a four lows
pattern or perhaps develop a calcium shell. We call it entering
the chaos.
Third
phase indicators. These are often joy
patterns such as a hill pattern, or even a double hill pattern.
The first phase of
retracing is the subject of much of this website. This includes the articles about lifestyle, nutrition and
the healing procedures.
The rest of this
article is about the second phase of retracing – healing or purification
reactions. These give us the most
difficulty and the topic is not easy to understand.
II. DETAILS ABOUT
HEALING REACTIONS
DEFINITION OF
HEALING REACTIONS
These are temporary symptoms that occur as
the body heals at deep levels.
The symptoms may be physical, emotional, mental or even spiritual or
religious in nature. We define a
spiritual healing reaction as one in which a person is forced to re-examine his
or her beliefs about life or other deep issues. The result is a more integrated and healthier personality.
Chronic
to acute. Healing reactions
occur when illnesses and other traumas move from a chronic state to an acute
state before they are eliminated completely. Chronic means that a health condition does not kill the
person, but the person also cannot overcome the condition. It is a stalemate.
As the energy level
or vitality of the body improves, chronic conditions turn acute because the
body now actively fights to overcome them. This is the cause of many of the symptoms of healing
reactions.
Welcome
indicators. Healing reactions
are welcome signs of healing. In
fact, if they fail to occur, one knows that a healing method offers symptomatic
relief, but the healing is not at the deepest levels.
Duration. Most healing reactions are brief. They may last a few hours to a day or
two. One may not even notice
them. At times, however, they last
longer – for days, weeks and occasionally for months.
Longer-lasting ones
may include healing chronic ear infections and chronic lung problems. We are not sure why these, in
particular, take longer. One
reason may be that the infections have often been suppressed with antibiotics.
Severity. Most healing reactions are mild. One may not even notice them, or they
cause slight fatigue of malaise.
Occasionally, they are vigorous.
Very rarely, one is dangerous.
These are discussed later in this article.
Reactions
only occur with certain deep healing methods. Retracing and healing reactions usually do not
occur with standard medical or most holistic healing methods. They occur very commonly during
development programs.
Most
symptoms during a development program are healing reactions, providing a person
follows the program correctly. This is a rather
extreme statement, but it is our experience.
A
return to the past. Part of retracing is often a return to a
time in the past when the original trauma or illness began or occurred. This can feel unusual, because one may
feel partly like an adult, yet at the same time one may experience feelings
like that of a child, for example, if the original illness or trauma took place
in childhood.
Everyone
has unhealed or only partially healed conditions. There are no exceptions, even if you
have no symptoms.
Very
precise. Often, the symptoms
of retracing are exactly the same as symptoms that occurred with the original
condition or trauma.
Occurs
in its own order. Retracing does not
occur in a particular sequence, such as moving backwards chronologically. Instead, the body decides the order in
which illnesses or conditions will retrace. This may have to do with oneÕs nutrition and other factors.
Occurs
in its own timing. Retracing does not
occur on a set schedule. It can
occur during a development program at any time. Often, retracing occurs when one is feeling well because
this usually means that oneÕs energy level is higher, and more adaptive energy
is needed for retracing.
Can be
scary. As a rule, retracing
is a very benign process. The body
will not begin it unless it can complete it safely. However, it often arises suddenly, and it can be vigorous,
at times. Also, oneÕs friends,
family members and doctors do not understand it, so they tend to scare you
more.
To repeat, most all
reactions during development programs are healing reactions or retracing, in
our experience, provided one follows the program correctly.
However, please
contact your Helper if you have symptoms, because they can also be due to other
causes, such as a need for an updated program or some error in the way you are
following the program.
Healing
reactions in conventional medicine.
These occasionally occur with conventional medical care, where they are
called Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions or just Herxheimer reactions. We discuss them near the end of this
article.
Healing
reactions are somewhat like unloading a heavily loaded ship. The ship (the body) is loaded with
toxic metals, and other debris and poisons. The ship sits low in the water due
to the weight of its load.
As one removes some
of the load, the ship may lean to one side due to an unbalanced load. It can
feel as though the ship will take on water when this occurs. This is similar to the feelings some
people report during a healing reaction.
Fortunately, the
souls who oversee the detoxification and healing process are generally quite skilled
at making sure the ship does not capsize.
What we must do is cooperate and work with the body during these
reactions.
THE CAR ANALOGY
Healing reactions
are somewhat like fixing the engine of a car. When one cleans up or replaces parts in a car engine, at
times the engine may slow down, speed up, run rough or even stall.
This occurs because
the parts inside the engine were in a certain equilibrium prior to its
repair. As parts are fixed or
replaced, the entire system changes.
More air may flow to the engine, or perhaps more gasoline reaches the
cylinders.
This can result in
changes in the engineÕs performance.
A similar event occurs inside our bodies. The effect is to cause temporary symptoms.
Some of the changes
balance out by themselves. Others
require retuning or recalibrating the engine. This is similar to changing a personÕs development program
to rebalance the body.
CAUSES AND TYPES
OF HEALING REACTIONS
A. REMOVAL
REACTIONS (6 of them):
1.
Removal of an infection. Most adults have at least two dozen chronic infections.
Common locations are
the sinuses, ears, eyes, teeth, gums, throat, skin, bronchials, lungs, stomach,
intestines, liver, and colon. Even
young children and babies have a number of infections. They may be present at birth, or may
occur shortly after birth.
Retracing and
thoroughly healing them involves several steps:
1. The situation
changes from being chronic to acute.
Chronic infections are those the body cannot fight off. Instead, the infection remains controlled,
and may cause few or no symptoms.
When an old
infection becomes acute, it means the body is now able to actively fight the
infection. This often causes a
flare-up of symptoms such as pain, inflammation, or swelling.
2. The body then
completely eliminates the infection from the body. This may occur quickly, within hours, or it may take days,
weeks or months.
Some infections will
flare up, then symptoms will go away for a while. However, the process may repeat itself with another flare up
for a while. This may occur a
number of times until the entire infection is healed. The author experienced this with ear infections, for
example.
Types
of organisms involved. Retracing of
infections can involve bacteria, viri, fungi, and/or parasites. At times, they involve a combination of
micro-organims. Here are some
notes about each.
Bacteria. Antibiotic therapy kills most bacteria,
but it does not heal the body tissues.
As a result, some infections remain and fester in a chronic way. Some antibiotic residues also remain in
the body for years, altering the normal intestinal flora and causing many other
problems.
For these reasons,
please take antibiotics only as a last resort. Natural products are usually effective. For more, please read Beyond Antibiotics on this site.
Viruses. Many chronic infections are viral. As the bodyÕs vitality improves, they
retrace and disappear. They can
include herpes and other sexually-transmitted diseases.
Parasites.
There
are over 300 species of parasites, and infection is very common everywhere in
the world. Liver flukes, for
example, are especially widespread.
However, they are often not easy to detect, even with stool exams and
other methods.
Many of our clients
report seeing dead parasites in the toilet during a development program.
No drugs, herbs or
other anti-parasitic remedies are needed to remove parasites with a development
program. The program alone will
slowly kill all types of parasites.
All of the parasite remedies are mildly or quite toxic, so it is best to
avoid them all. For details, read Parasites.
Fungal
infections. These are usually
ÒcoldÓ or yin infections, and are also extremely common. Most women have too much yeast in the
body, and sinus infections are often fungal. Many are due to a copper imbalance. A development program will heal them,
and remedies are rarely required.
For details, read Chronic Yeast Infections.
2.
Removal of a toxic metal. Today, everyone has
lots of toxic metals in their body.
Children are born with them, and they are in the air, water, food and
items we touch every day.
Three dozen toxic
metals will come out of the body using a development program. They will come out in the bodyÕs own
order and its own timing.
Toxic metals are
usually in compounds or molecules.
Some of these are more difficult for the body to eliminate than
others. One metal may come out for
a few months. Then, another one
may come out. Then the previous metal
may come out again for another few months, perhaps in a different
compound. So the process of
removing them is lengthy and complex.
Repeated hair
testing sometimes reveals the process, but there are metals that are not
tested, and the metals are removed by many routes – the colon, the skin,
the liver, and the lungs.
Fortunately, we donÕt need to know which are coming out to adjust the
development program. For details,
read Toxic Metals.
3.
Removal of a toxic chemical. Many people have been exposed to solvents, pesticides, paints,
and other toxic chemicals. Some
are aware of the exposure, but most people have little memory of the incident.
Symptoms that occur
as the chemicals are eliminated may include strange odors, odd tastes, rashes,
liver or kidney pain, diarrhea, constipation, or other symptoms.
These chemicals are
acquired in utero, or afterwards from food, water, air or from contact with
many household and industrial products.
For details, read Toxic Chemicals.
4.
Removal of bad quality tissue. A
common one is intestinal lining.
Clients occasionally think that a piece of twisted intestinal lining in
the toilet is a parasite.
Removal of toxic
tissue occasionally causes weight loss that worries our clients. I assure them that it is best to get
rid of the toxic weight, and they will gain weight back when the elimination is
over.
5.
Removal of mental or emotional ÒtoxinsÓ and traumas. Most people have experienced traumas of
a mental or emotional type. These
may be brought to consciousness for processing and removal. It is an amazing aspect of a
development program.
The ability to
remove mental and emotional blocks is due to better mental clarity, and
improvements in memory and vitality.
Also, the removal of toxic metals can sometimes free one of long-held
emotions such as anger or fear.
Some of our clients
are quite upset when they suddenly begin thinking or dreaming about their
long-forgotten divorce, death of a child years ago, or some other issue. However, deep healing of the body and
mind requires that such traumas be exposed, processed and removed.
6.
Removal of spiritual blocks. This is important
enough that it is discussed in a separate section of this article.
B. METABOLIC
SHIFTS
1. A
change in the oxidation rate or oxidation type. This is very common. Slowing of the oxidation rate may cause
one to feel more tired or depressed.
If the oxidation rate increases, one may feel more energetic or perhaps
just more irritable.
If the oxidation type changes, then the
development program must be adjusted, or one will feel that the program is
making one worse – and it is.
If you suspect this, please ask your development consultant to ask me
about it.
Rarely, the oxidation
rate and type fluctuate up and down, over and over again, confusing
things. Fortunately, this is not
common.
2. A
shift in the sodium/potassium ratio. This is important because it, too, necessitates a change in
the development supplement program.
Zinc is needed if the ratio is above 2.5, while Limcomin is needed if
the ratio drops below 2.5. Keeping
this ratio near its ideal level of 2.5 is very important to feel well and to
keep any healing reaction going through to completion.
3. A
shift into or out of other mineral patterns.
This occurs continuously during the retracing process. They are necessary, at times, to remove
toxic metals, to heal infections, and to process mental and emotional traumas.
For example, the
body might temporarily shift into a four lows mineral
pattern, a bowl pattern, or any of two dozen
others. This is perfectly normal
as part of retracing.
4.
Other biochemical shifts. Many are possible, such as changes in gland and hormone
secretion, changes in the intestinal flora, more bile secretion, or a change in
body temperature, bowel habits, blood sugar or blood pressure. These are all normal and to be
expected.
5. A
structural shift. This is caused by a
change in muscle tension, changes in the ligaments and tendons, adjustment of
the spine or other bones, more nerve energy flowing to certain areas, or some
other mechanism.
Spinal
release. A number of people
who follow a development program experience a spinal release healing reaction. This is a more extensive change in the bone structure.
It often begins in
the lumbar and sacral areas, and slowly moves up the spine to the thoracic and
cervical areas. It may be caused
by more etheric energy flowing through the spinal nerves. It can cause annoying temporary
symptoms of back pain or sciatic pain.
The spine relaxes
and lets go in an uneven way, giving rise to the pain until the back finally
balances out. Chiropractic care is
often necessary for a while. Other
helpful modalities are the spinal twist exercise, foot reflexology, and the red
heat lamp shined on the back. The
spinal release reaction can take a year or more to complete.
Some people
experience few symptoms of retracing, while other experience more. The worst difficulties occur when:
1. Reactions occur
early on the program. This can
give a person a Òbad first impressionÓ of the development program, which can
cause them to quit the program.
Reactions that occur later on the program are less problematic because
by then, most people feel significantly better and therefore handle the
reaction better.
2. Reactions involve
unpleasant memories and negative or scary feelings.
3. Reactions involve
a big change in the oxidation rate of sodium/potassium ratio. For example, if the oxidation rate
changes from fast to slow, staying on a fast oxidizer supplement program will
make the symptoms worse. This is
one reason it is vital to ask that your program be reviewed by Dr. Wilson if
you experience any sort of reaction.
4. Reactions require
a lot of rest and one does not want to rest.
5. Reactions are
vigorous because souls in charge of a person want the person to heal very
quickly. They can cause
purification reactions that are very intense in an effort to move healing along
rapidly.
6. Reactions that
cause insights that are not pleasant.
For example, one may become much sharper mentally. This reveals something about oneÕs life
that is out of integrity or out of balance. The result can be feelings of anxiety, anger or some other
emotion.
Basically, one is
not accustomed to the thoughts and feelings that go with greater physical and
mental health.
COMMON PHYSICAL
SYMPTOMS
Fatigue. This is a very common symptom or
retracing. The cause varies:
- For fatigue
attacks, read Fatigue Attacks.
- More prolonged
exhaustion is often due to a cadmium elimination. Cadmium is a powerful crutch and eliminating it removes the
crutch.
The answer here is
to increase the amount of Megapan and Endo-dren for a few days or even a few
weeks until the body rebalances itself.
One can take 3-3-3 Megapan and 3-3-3 Endo-dren or even a little more, if
needed, for a short period of time.
Other
symptoms. Hundreds of symptoms are possible. Common ones include diarrhea,
constipation, aches or pains, muscle cramps, discharges, odors, rashes, fevers,
breathing difficulty, and headaches.
Others include
retracing a cold or flu, or retracing an old case of bronchitis, pneumonia, hepatitis,
stomach infection, eye infection or some other infection. Old wound sites, scars, or injury sites
often flare up, become painful or reddened, and then disappear.
Other symptoms are:
Sleep disturbances
Bowel disturbances such as constipation or diarrhea, at times
Testicular pain in men with copper or cadmium removal
Changes in the menstrual period in young women
Ear symptoms (extremely common)
Throat symptoms
Chest wall pain
Liver/gall bladder pain
Solar plexus pain (also called third center pain)
Other aches and pains
Spinal release (discussed below)
Fevers or night sweats
More rarely, some people experience:
Appendicitis retracing
Nodules and lumps
Rarely bleeding
Most symptoms during a development go away on their own in a few days to a week, and do not require any medical intervention. If any symptom persists or is bothersome, always check with your practitioner, and practitioners check with your coach and ask that I check to make sure the development program is correct, and how to proceed.
MENTAL AND
EMOTIONAL PURIFICATION SYMPTOMS
Anxiety. This is common. Reasons for it are retracing a trauma,
doing the program incorrectly, or a need for an updated program. Always check this first.
Other
suggestions. For retracing
traumas, a recent finding that is working excellently for anxiety is to take
1200 mg to 2400 mg of lecithin daily.
Sunflower lecithin works a little better than soy lecithin, and lecithin
capsules may work a little better than lecithin granules, but any lecithin
seems to work.
In some cases,
anxiety will diminish if you take more fish oil (EPA-DHA). In these instances, 3-4 cans of
sardines or the usual dose of fish oil is not enough for certain brain healing
processes.
The need for extra
EPA-DHA is temporary, so when the anxiety passes, go back to the usual amount
of about 900-1000 mg of EPA-DHA daily or 3-4 cans of sardines.
In other cases,
anxiety will be less if you take extra Paramin. You can take up to twice the usual amount safely.
In still other
instances, extra zinc is needed for a few days. If the need for extra zinc persists, most likely one needs a
new program and should check in for this.
CBD. Some readers will be tempted to take
CBD oil, which is mainly hemp oil, which contains EPA-DHA. That is why it works, not the CBD! The problems with CBD products are that
they are more yin, and CBD is toxic and possibly addictive. For these reasons, we prefer fish oil.
Other
emotional symptoms. These may include
irritability, fears, anger, depression, feelings of panic, brain fogginess, or
others.
Long-forgotten
memories occasionally surface, or one may have unusual dreams as the brain
processes traumas or incidents from the past. Unusual dreams are not uncommon. In fact, symptoms may include almost anything.
Impaired
judgment. Most of the time,
oneÕs judgment is impaired during healing reactions. This is because part of oneself is in the present, but
another part is in the past, handling an old illness or trauma. This is very confusing.
UNUSUAL HEALING REACTIONS
DURING A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The
following four types of pain and tenderness bother some people during a
development program. All are
benign and will go away, but they are worth discussing so as not to be
concerned.
Pain
in the liver and gall bladder area.
This occurs in some people on the program. It has to do with the liver acupuncture meridian, which
becomes stressed as the liver eliminates many toxins.
The liver meridian
runs down the front of the body from the right shoulder through the right
nipple and gall bladder to the right leg crease. From there it turns around and goes up the back through the
inner part of the shoulder blade and back up to the right shoulder. In some women, the right bra shoulder
strap makes the pain much worse, and not wearing a bra helps.
This pain is not a
cause for alarm. It is not a
disease. It will slowly subside if
one stays with the development program.
However, it can take several years or longer to go away.
Coffee enemas are
always helpful to speed healing of this meridian. Also helpful is opening the central channel or Conception Vessel in acupuncture
terminology.
Actually, this type
of pain and tenderness can be helpful.
It tends to make a person stay with their health program. A little more information about it is
in the Liver Detoxification article.
Pain
and tenderness in the solar plexus.
This is also somewhat common during a development program. Clients often think it is stomach pain,
gastritis, or an ulcer. However,
it is none of these.
It has to do with
the third energy center and with an
etheric gathering point or terminal that is located slightly above the
umbilicus or belly button. It is a
very positive sign!
It is not a problem,
and it will slowly go away if one stays on the program. Interestingly, having a lot of children
helps with congestion in this area.
Those who have not been parents usually feel this reaction the
most. For more, please read Third Center Pain on this site.
Chest
wall pain. This also occurs, at
times, during a development program.
It is caused by tension in the intercostal muscles. For more about it, please read Chest Wall Pain.
Back
pain. This is usually lower back pain that is
caused by the release of the spine during a development program. For details, read Four
Pains That Occur During Development Programs.
OTHER VERY COMMON
SYMPTOMS DURING A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
These include:
Heart
palpitations or arrythmias. This is due to the
release of toxins such as caffeine and many others that temporarily affect the
heart rate.
Burning
pain upon urination. Once in a while, a
client reports burning pain in the urethra and bladder area upon
urination. This can occur in
children, at times, as well.
The cause is either
retracing of an old bladder infection or the release of an irritating toxin
through the kidneys and into the urine.
Retracing an old
urinary tract infection is often helped by taking vitamin A – up to
20,000 iu daily for adults and less for children. Genital baths- 5 or 6 daily – are easy to do and also
excellent for this symptom.
Rubbing the bladder reflex area of both feet (outside, below the ankle
bone, near the bottom of the foot but on the side, not the bottom) is also
excellent, at times.
For the release of a
toxin through the kidneys and bladder, drink more water, and perhaps take an
Epsom salt bath – but no more than 3 baths per week. Both are benign, and tend to pass
quickly.
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.
HEALING REACTIONS IN THE TEETH AND
EARS
These are among the most common healing reactions that occur during a
development program. The reason is
that most people have some chronic infection of the teeth and the ears. These infections will become acute for
a short time as they heal, and this causes the symptoms.
Teeth.
Common reactions associated with the teeth include pain, sensitivity,
and a tooth may become loose for a while.
Occasionally, an abscess – a bubble full of pus - will appear
suddenly in a tooth or gum area, with no warning. The infection may be of the gum, a tooth, or a cavitation
(an area where a tooth was removed or other dental work done). An X-ray will show what looks like
decay, inflammation or an abscess.
In most cases, the dentist will recommend removal of the tooth, root
canal treatment, antibiotics, or something else fairly drastic. However, in almost all cases, if one
just persists on a development program, the entire episode will pass, leaving
no residual damage or other effects.
In addition to the regular development program, helpful procedures
are:
1. Use a reddish heat lamp on the jaw near the painful area for one to
two minutes six or seven times daily.
Move the lamp around, and get it as close to your skin as is
comfortable.
2. Do foot reflexology, and look for the reflex point associated with
the infected area. The article
entitled Reflexology explains how to do this.
3. Take extra vitamin A, 25,000 to 50,000 iu daily of preferably
natural, pre-formed vitamin A.
Beta carotene is less effective.
One of our clients, age 65, had only been on a development program a
few months. His initial complaint
was prostate cancer, and nothing was mentioned about teeth. He woke up one day with severe pain and
swelling of the gum near two teeth.
The entire left side of his face was quite swollen. The client needed pain killers to
sleep.
He went to the dentist, who did an X-ray and told him it was a severe
and deep abscess and that two teeth needed to come out at once. He asked me about it, and I said it was
most likely a healing reaction.
I suggested he just stay with his program for a few days and see what
happens. I also suggested
continuing with the near infrared lamp sauna sessions, and to focus a reddish
heat lamp on the area of his jaw where the reaction was for 2 minutes several
times a day, as that might speed up the completion of the reaction. I also suggested he take 50,000 iu of
natural vitamin A daily for a few days.
Two days later, as he was brushing his teeth, the swelling on his gum
opened up, filling his mouth with pus and blood. The pain then went away, and he has had no more problems
with those teeth for over 15 years.
Ear healing reactions. These
can include pain, swelling, hearing loss, dizziness or some ringing in the
ears. Taking antibiotics as a
child for ear infections seems to predispose one to chronic ear problems.
These reactions will eventually
pass on a development program. In
addition to the regular program, helpful procedures are:
1. Do reflexology and focus on the ear reflexes, which are the tips of
the toes. This is very powerful.
2. Check with us because at times a natural remedy may also help.
HEALING REACTIONS
AND BLOOD TESTS
Some
people visit medical or other doctors seeking help when they have a healing
reaction. These doctors run blood
tests and are often surprised and upset with the results. Common imbalances seen on blood tests
during healing reactions are:
1. Low thyroid hormone levels, or elevated TSH.
2. Slightly elevated liver enzymes due to liver
irritation.
3. Low sodium and/or chloride levels, due
perhaps to kidney irritation.
4. Slight macrocytic anemia in a few cases. This can be due to an elimination of
toxic iron, which damages some red blood cells. It is actually a slight hemolytic anemia, not pernicious
anemia although they may appear similar on blood tests.
5. Elevated ferritin if the body is eliminating
iron or manganese, perhaps.
6. Other abnormalities occasionally occur.
These abnormal
readings always resolve and normalize.
However, it can take weeks or months for this to occur. Meanwhile, abnormal blood tests worry
doctors, who then frighten their patients. Often, the doctor will recommend drugs or other therapies
that are not needed if one is following a development program.
We explain to people
that the abnormal readings are part of the rebalancing process of development,
and will pass. If one waits a few
weeks to a few months and redoes the blood test, often it will be normal. Rarely, the rebalancing takes up to 6
months, but it is still not a problem.
One needs to
understand that doctors deal with a population group we call Òthe sick and the
dyingÓ, and they interpret blood tests accordingly. A person on a development program is not in this group! Their blood tests must be interpreted
differently, in a way with which doctors, even naturopaths, are not
familiar. For more details,
read, Blood Tests And Development.
SECTION III. SPIRITUAL HEALING REACTIONS
It
is also somewhat like the idea of an initiation in the old Oriental spiritual
literature. It is a time when you must test all
that you have learned and achieved.
It is a time of testing, so to speak, and that is how it is like a form
of initiation.
Unlike most initiation
ceremonies, however, these are precipitated by the body, mainly, and not by a
teacher, for example. However,
events in life along with events in the body often coincide or reinforce each
other in unusual ways to aggravate or push one into the crisis or initiation.
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 development program, can precipitate this.
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. The religious nature or aspects of
these reactions or crises were mentioned earlier, and are very important.
Such
reactions often involve a phase of turmoil and confusion. After passing through such a crisis,
some physical healing usually proceeds rapidly.
Soul involvement. Retracing involves metanoia, which is a turning within the soul to look at itself and
begin the return process to the Source or One. For more, read Metanoia on this
website.
Religious healing. In religious terminology, retracing has
to do with repenting, grace, faith, and mercy. It requires accepting and embracing oneself and all oneÕs
faults, and then turning them over to God or the Creator, who takes them away
in rather miraculous ways.
Plenty
of forgiveness is also often required to get through a spiritual healing
reaction. If you are having
trouble with forgiveness, I suggest a program that is available via the
internet called Total Forgiveness. Just type these words into a search
engine, and the program will come up.
It involves reading, and there is a seminar available for women.
Difficulties
with this type of crisis. This type of crisis causes us the most
problems of any type, because the readjustment of the body and mind are so
profound that some people do not want to go through it. As a result, they hold back and
continue with their old way of thinking and being. They may even dig in their heels and actively resist the
changes that they need to move through.
The reason this type is
difficult is that it is natural for the body and mind to resist change, and
this is change on a very deep level, so the level of resistance can be rather
high. Also, as one approaches the
crisis, the old way stops working as well, so the person works even harder to
make it continue to work. Also,
the person often begins to feel tired and stressed in his or her older ways,
and believes that this means one should stop moving forward, when, in fact,
this is exactly what is needed.
Also,
people start feeling worse and they stop listening to us. They think they are getting worse, when
in fact, they are just in a healing crisis, and their judgment is impaired.
JUDGMENT ALWAYS
IMPAIRED IN SPIRITUAL HEALING CRISES
In fact, oneÕs judgment is
always impaired, and most impaired, during a spiritual healing crisis. This is because these reactions or
crises always affect the mind, not just the body. So it does not matter if one believes that oneÕs mind is
totally clear, or totally lucid.
The mind is always seriously affected.
Most
of the time, the mind is in a confused state, with part of the personality in
the present, while another part is the past cleaning up certain mistakes or
traumas or other types of imbalances.
Yet another part of the mind is in the future, looking ahead to what is
coming and trying to make sense of it, which is hard.
It may seem amazing that this
could be taking place all at the same time, but many people report exactly this
phenomenon. At the same time, a
person is a 30 or 40 year-old adult, but another part of the person is a sad or
unhappy 3 year-old, and yet another part is looking into the future, in fact,
wondering where all this will lead and trying to get a handle on it before it
bursts on the scene full-blown.
Trying to figure out the future
is basically impossible because the future, by definition, is new and one has
no reference points for it in oneÕs memory banks. So the effort is futile, but people spend a lot of time
trying to figure it out ahead of time instead of gently moving forward and
trusting in God and Òthy will be doneÓ.
This is the correct solution to this problem. These are the reasons why judgment is seriously impaired in
all cases of spiritual or life healing crises that arise on development
programs.
EASY TO MISTAKE
THESE KIND OF CRISES
This is also one reason we insist that clients keep in close
touch with their practitioner, and I am available if the situation is severe, which is
rare, but it happens now and then.
If you try to handle this type of crisis on your own, you will often
fail, or you will prolong the agony or damage the body by taking drugs such as
anti-depressants, anti-anxiety pills or others to make it through the
crisis. Often the person gets
stuck in the crisis and never fully emerges. This is unfortunate, as it is not that hard to make it through
with correct guidance and a correct development program.
At
times, a new hair mineral analysis is helpful, but not always. But guidance from an experienced
practitioner is always needed. I
bring this subject up because these crises or retracing reactions are really
quite exciting and represent significant movement forward and healing. However, if they are not handled
correctly, a person can get stuck at some level or point in the process and
progress often stops for oneÕs entire life due to fear and other forces.
One
may say that the spiritual healing crisis is a kind of turning point. It must be handled correctly or the
process stalls and one cannot move on properly.
TIPS FOR
PRACTITIONERS TO HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS
The
practitioner must take the time to explain what is going on and have the client
read this article. This is a must. Also, the practitioner must know
exactly what is going on, or contact me to confirm that something else is not
occurring, such as just a stressful event.
Practitioners
also need to take the time on the phone with these healing crises to Òbe thereÓ
for the clients. They must also
help the person to stay the course, in most cases, although in a few cases it
is helpful to back off on the supplements and perhaps the use of the sauna for
a day or two. In general, however,
the sooner one can get through the crisis, the better.
Practitioners
must understand the high level of confusion and dissociation that can occur
with these crises. This is why
they must Òbe thereÓ, both mentally and in other ways to essentially love the
person through the crisis and out onto the other side. These are general ideas only, but are
the most important ones to handle these situations with clients.
SEVEN REASONS WHY
RETRACING BECOMES EASIER AS ONE PROGRESSES ON A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
1. The body has more
energy with which to handle the purification reactions.
2. A person has more
understanding of retracing, how it works and how it feels.
3. One has more
experience with reactions and what to expect.
4. One usually has
more tools to help handle healing reactions.
5. As one
progresses, a person becomes happier.
This can help a lot with handling healing reactions.
6. As one progresses and develops, one
will receive more guidance and help, which assists with healing reactions.
7. OneÕs elimination channels work much
better. Impaired elimination at
the beginning of a program I call Ôthe clogged toilet syndromeÕ.
This is the idea
that one must remove or Ôflush outÕ toxins, but at the beginning of a program,
most peopleÕs ÒtoiletÓ or elimination system is not functioning well, so the
process is more difficult and slower.
Later on, elimination is better, so the process moves along faster and
with less discomfort.
PRINCIPLES TO HELP
HANDLE HEALING REACTIONS
1. The
body will not undertake a healing reaction unless it can see it through to
completion. I have found this to
be true in at least 95% of healing crises, no matter how vigorous or unusual
the symptoms.
2. Due
to principle #1 above, reassurance and general supportive measures are usually
all that is required, even with an intense purification or healing reaction. These measures are discussed below and
include plenty of rest, a simple diet, and keeping a positive attitude.
Fearing these
reactions, and reacting with horror or severe anxiety, definitely impairs the
bodyÕs ability to move through the reaction.
3.
Medical interventions can worsen a healing reaction. For this reason, I urge clients not to
immediately visit doctors or hospitals if they feel badly, and to first speak
with their development consultant or doctor about their symptoms. In most cases, with supportive
measures, and perhaps changing their program and a few simple remedies, the
entire reaction subsides.
4. A
development program causes continuous retracing. Healing occurs fast, and at deep
levels, causing this. Therefore,
any symptoms during a development program tend to be due to only three
possibilities:
A) The program needs
updating.
B) It is a healing
reaction.
C) One is not
following the program correctly.
The usual way this occurs is that one is not eating enough cooked
vegetables. These are absolutely
needed to assist the body to remove toxic metals and chemicals, and to
renourish the body.
IS IT RETRACING OR A
WORSENING OF HEALTH?
Everyone
worries that a flare-up of symptoms during a development program is not
healing, but rather a disease.
This is possible if one is not following the program correctly, or one
needs a change in oneÕs program, or rarely due to some kind of stress on the
body.
While not perfect, answering
the five questions below can help one to know if a symptom is due to healing or
something else.
1. Was the person following a development
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. OneÕs 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 oneÕs 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.
GENERAL SUPPORT
FOR HEALING REACTIONS
1. Any
time you do not feel well for more than one or two days, please ask your Helper
to have me check your entire program, including your state of hydration.
A
program that needs updating, or drinking water that is not hydrating you, often
causes symptoms that look just like a healing reaction.
Over half the time,
that which appears to be a healing reaction is simply a need for an updated
program. Your body chemistry has
shifted, and your supplements, and perhaps the diet, need to be updated. This is very important! We will let you know if we think you
are moving through a healing or purification reaction.
If the problem is a
need to update your program or drink different water, your symptoms should
begin to improve within two or three days. If symptoms continue, then please ask
your Helper to have me check your program again. At times, a combination of factors is in play and this
procedure is required.
2. If we tell you that
you are experiencing a healing reaction or retracing, remain in close touch
with your Helper. A
full development program is not do-it-yourself. If you are retracing, your judgment is
usually not clear. Do not try to
solve things yourself. This is a
hard and fast rule.
3. Rest more. Resting more will allow the reaction to proceed much
faster. Also, reduce stress and strain. Conserve energy for healing. Reduce mental as well as physical activity.
4.
Eat lightly. Chicken soup with
chopped vegetables in it is superb during all healing reactions. Reduce grains and meat during healing
reactions, as these can slow them down.
Acute
reactions. If you are very uncomfortable,
it may be best to skip a meal.
However, usually a bowl of chicken soup is better than fasting. Definitely, do not fast for more than
one or two meals. Fasting depletes
the body of nutrients and is yin, and harmful in the long run. For details, read Fasting.
While
drinking adequate water is important during healing reactions, guzzling extra
water is usually not helpful.
5. Discontinue nutritional supplements until a reaction passes. This is general advice only because at
times, supplements are needed.
However, until we check your healing reaction, it is best to discontinue
them. Many reactions will proceed
without them.
6.
Other detoxification procedures are often helpful:
The
pushing down exercise is always excellent.
Doing it more will often help a reaction to pass more quickly.
Coffee
enemas are usually excellent, and perhaps essential, if one feels
constipated and toxic. More of
them will often cause a reaction to pass more quickly. Vaginal coffee implants are also
usually very good.
Foot
and hand reflexology are superb during healing reactions. They can often move reactions along much faster!
The
spinal twist is superb. Doing it
more often will often help a reaction pass more quickly. Going to a good chiropractor is also
often helpful.
Deep
breathing. Breathing deeply and
slowly is excellent during healing reactions. It is very calming for the nervous system and helps
oxygenate the body, which will help the body move through the reaction faster.
The need for sauna therapy - but only with a heat lamp sauna - is variable during a healing
reaction. Long sauna sessions tend
to bring up more toxins for release.
This can make one feel worse.
The heat of the sauna may also cause more inflammation, which can make
one feel worse. Often, it is best
to reduce sauna sessions to less than 20 minutes, or skip sauna sessions
entirely during a healing reaction.
We can let you know about your situation if you ask your practitioner to
check about saunas.
Use of a single red
heat lamp during healing reactions is also variable for the same reasons.
7. Use
care in discussing healing reactions with physicians and others unfamiliar with
them. Healing symptoms can easily be
misinterpreted as illness. This is
an extremely common problem.
Unless your doctor,
friend or family member understands the difference between illnesses and
reactions, they will frighten you, perhaps run unnecessary tests, and often
give you toxic medication that you donÕt need, and which is rarely effective.
We never discourage
people from visiting doctors.
However, very few understand healing reactions or understand development
programs. Most do not even know
what questions to ask you to properly assess the situation. So please stay in touch with your
practitioner and insist that he or she check with me as to what is going on.
OTHER SUPPORTIVE
MEASURES
Watch
your attitude. I find that if a
person has a negative attitude or becomes too fearful with a healing reaction,
this makes it more difficult to move through. So, if possible, relax as much as possible and attempt to be
grateful for this healing action of the body. I know this is difficult, at times, but a positive attitude
is extremely helpful for all healing.
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 development 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 development program, retracing most infections, no matter
how vigorous they seem, is a benign and controlled process that requires little
more than supportive therapy such as more rest, enough water, and a light
diet. At times, colloidal silver,
vitamin A or bee propolis are helpful.
Always make sure
that oneÕs 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, skin 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. For this reason, sauna use is excellent
to help heal some chronic infections.
Do not continue with sauna therapy if it just irritates the body, which
occasionally occurs. It can be
confusing, however, because at times the seeming irritation can be a healing
process.
The light of the
reddish heat lamp and the heat of the sauna definitely upsets most parasites,
which is a type of ÔcoldÕ or ÔyinÕ infection.
One can expose an
area of chronic infection to more infrared as this can speed healing in some
cases. This works very well on the
sinuses, for example, and can work well with parasites in the intestinal tract
or elsewhere in the body.
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.
Infection
remedies when retracing. 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.
Vitamin
A
(and not beta carotene). This is
one of the most used natural remedies in development science. It strengthens mucus membranes and has
other positive effects upon the immune response, so it is helpful for many
infections of all kinds. Adults
usually need about 25,000 to 50,000 iu per day for 5 days or so. The natural vitamin A from fish oil is
somewhat better than the synthetic form, called retinyl palmitate.
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.
Zinc. This important
mineral by itself is usually not indicated during healing reactions because it
lowers the tissue sodium level, which is usually low to begin with. However, in combination with copper,
manganese, vitamin A and vitamin C, in the product called Limcomin, it is
extremely helpful, at times.
Bee
propolis. This is occasionally
helpful for those following a development program.
Herbs
such as Echinacea, golden seal, astragalus.
These are used, at times, but I find they are not as helpful today, for
some reason, as in the past.
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 oneÕs
health.
SUPPORT FOR OTHER
COMMON RETRACING SYMPTOMS
For
Pain in the Liver Area (which is common during a development program):
1. Rub the feet in
the liver reflex area and on the top of both feet in the webbing between the
first and second toes
2. Extra coffee
enemas are often excellent.
3. You can also try
taking extra ox bile and pancreatin (such as GB-3 by Endomet Labs).
4. You can add
silymarin or milk thistle tincture and/or dandelion tincture. The tincture is often better than dry
tablets. For adults, one can take
up to 20 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:
1. Drink extra
water, up to one quart extra per day.
If you are already drinking 3 quarts or 3 liters of water daily, you
probably donÕt need more water, but you probably need a different brand of
spring water or carbon-filtered only or sand-filtered only tap water.
2. If the above does
not work, distilled water for a few days is sometimes helpful.
For
itching or burning of the skin. Aloe
very gel may help soothe the area.
An ancient remedy is
wo oil. It is safe, but only if used properly. It can help with itchiness until
a healing reaction passes. It is
an ancient Tibetan formula that includes eucalyptus and camphor.
This remedy also
seems to induce sleep, which is good if you have an itchy rash.
Warning
about wo oil:
1. This remedy burns
badly when applied, but the burning subsides in about 10 minutes, and with it
often the itching and burning of the rash also subsides.
2. Do not use in or
near the eyes. They are too
delicate for this remedy.
3. Do not use more
than one or two drops. That is all
that is needed.
4. Do not use on a
baby, ever. The person must be at
least 3 years old to use this remedy.
For
Diarrhea: Elimination of
antibiotics, metals or toxic chemicals may cause diarrhea. Rest plenty and eat lightly. Be sure to drink enough water to avoid
dehydration. Avoid all fruit and
all sweets!
Six charcoal
tablets, three times per day will help absorb toxins.
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 oneÕs 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, TMG (trimethylglycine) and/or 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, 4000 mg of TMG,
and/or 1000 mg of choline, inositol, methionine and niacinamide in a 24-hour
period. Sometimes one of these
works better than another.
Resting,
deep, slow breathing, calming herbs, massage, foot reflexology and other
natural therapies may be helpful as well.
For Weight Loss or Gain: During development 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 development 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 EckÕs research, taking lecithin
capsules or granules can help slow the elimination of toxic metals and
chemicals. However, we are finding
that lecithin does a lot more than this.
Lecithin is
extremely helpful for anxiety that occurs with some healing reactions. We are researching its role on the
program because it seems to help in many ways, especially for women. It is quite excellent we are
starting to add it to some peopleÕs programs.
Taking aspirin,
Tylenol, tranquilizers or other over the-counter remedies is not nearly as good
as lecithin or some natural methods for healing reactions.
Children
generally have a much easier time with retracing than adults. The reasons are:
1. Children usually have more vitality than
adults.
2. Children often have less stress than adults.
3. Children are often more comfortable with the
out-of-control feeling that may accompany a healing reaction.
4. Children have often experienced fewer traumas
than adults that can get in the way of retracing.
5. Children have less inertia and other
personality blocks that slow retracing.
6. The above often make children, as a group,
much happier than adults, and this facilitates the retracing process.
7. It is usually much easier for children to
just rest and relax when they do not feel well. Most adults have other obligations such as work or family
that may prevent adequate rest.
DIFFERENT FROM
MEDICAL ÒCURESÓ
Retracing is very
different from healing or ÒcuresÓ that occur with medical drugs, vitamins,
herbs, homeopathy and most other healing methods.
Retracing actually
restores the body to its previous healthy state.
Cures have the
following characteristics:
- Symptoms may go
away, but the whole body system is not restored to its previous wholeness.
- One may become dependent upon a
remedy.
- There is often
residual toxicity in the body due to the remedy
- The remedy sometimes
masks the symptom.
AN ESSENTIAL
ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT
Retracing occurs
continuously or almost so during a development program. In 99% of cases, symptoms that arise
during a development program are healing reactions and retracing. This is a primary quality of
development programs that is not true of other healing programs.
Development is the process of
opening and growing the subtle human energy fields. This eventually yields a much stronger and long-lived
body. Retracing always occurs as part of development. For more details, read Introduction To Development.
COMPLEXITY AND
CONFUSION
Retracing is very
complex. Using the 7 system, here
are seven aspects of retracing that make it complex:
1.
Life and death issues. Retracing can
involve any body system. However,
our bodies prioritize which diseases, toxins or other problems need to be dealt
with first. Often, the first
conditions that are retraced are not the ones that you think are most
important. This can be very
confusing.
For example, you may
think your headaches or your fatigue are your most important symptoms. However, many people have far more
serious conditions developing in their bodies such as tumors, aneurisms, heart
attacks, ulcers, or emotional traumas.
The body will often retrace these first because they are more
important. This fact about
development is annoying to some people – but can save your life.
2.
Religious versus secular thinking. Some retracing is about mental, rather than
physical imbalances. This is
confusing and annoying for some people.
For example, a very
common thinking pattern today is liberal, left-wing or secular thought. This belief system states that truth is
relative and is whatever I want it to be.
Books that teach absolute truth, such as the Bible, are often
mocked. Often, these people have
loose sexual attitudes and behavior, authoritarian political attitudes,
intolerance of those who think differently, and believe that Òthe ends justify
the meansÓ.
Although some will
disagree, in practice we find that this progressive, socialist, left-wing or
liberal thinking is simply wrong, and this may be brought to your attention
during some retracing reactions.
If you donÕt change your attitude, your progress on the program will
slow down.
3.
Vitality versus weakness. Retracing depends
upon having plenty of vitality. A
personÕs vitality depends upon oneÕs age, diet, nutritional status, rest level,
stress level, as well as genetic factors.
Unfortunately, many
people lack vitality today, even young people. This gets in the way of retracing and can make healing
reactions much more unpleasant and lengthy. Improving vitality is therefore important to facilitate
retracing.
4. The
role of self versus the role of others.
Retracing is not just about oneself. In fact, it often involves a host of other beings. These can include bacteria, viruses,
yeasts, parasites, souls, and, at times, other human beings. Any or all of these can and does
influence the process of retracing, making retracing practically impossible to
analyze.
This is why when
clients tell me, for example, that they are Òdumping copperÓ and that is their
problem, I always correct them and say there could be two dozen other metals
leaving the body, and much more going on, in addition.
5.
Creative versus destructive aspects of retracing. Retracing often involves tearing down,
killing and removing things. It
also involves building and creating new tissues and other body structures.
For example,
abnormal and diseased tissues, scars, and adhesions must be removed. The body must also kill harmful
microorganisms, and remove toxic metals and toxic chemicals. At the same time, it must synthesize
new body tissue, organs and even entire body systems.
This is quite
complex and occasionally can give rise to unusual reactions and symptoms that
are difficult to understand.
6.
Fast and slow retracing. The duration of
healing reactions varies. Some
removal and building of tissue can occur quickly. Other changes in the body take much longer.
For example, healing
of the lungs and bronchials is often a slow process. In contrast, removal of some infections and toxic metals can
go quickly with a development program.
The time delays and
uneven nature of retracing can be extremely confusing.
7.
Healing on many levels. Retracing occurs at
the same time on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. Diseases may need to be retraced, but
at the same time one may need to clear out incorrect attitudes, harmful
emotional responses, and more. The
multi-dimensional quality of retracing can also be extremely confusing.
IN TWO PLACES AT
ONCE
Retracing can be
confusing for an unusual reason.
When one retraces, the consciousness must, to a degree, be in two places
at once. Here is why.
The original insult,
illness or trauma may have occurred when you were perhaps 6 months old, or 2,
or 5 years of age. To retrace it,
one must go back to this time period.
Yet one is also living in the present, and is perhaps 50 years of age or
more, living a completely different life.
The two time periods – early childhood, perhaps, and the present,
superimpose during retracing.
As a result, one may
feel strange emotions, have unusual thoughts and dreams, and feel a degree of
disconnectedness or confusion.
This can make a person feel out of control, which most people do not
like. As a result, they rush to
their doctor or consult their friends, all of whom know even less about what is
going on, unfortunately.
STRUCTURAL RETRACING
To become well, many people must change the configuration or shape of
their bony structures. This can
include be their spine, their cranial bones, and their posture.
For this purpose, development is superb. In addition, one may need chiropractic care, perhaps for an
extended period of years. At
times, bodywork such as Rolfing or Structural Integration may also be
helpful. Techniques such as
Feldenkreis work and others may also be helpful.
Here is an example of this type of retracing. An elderly man (age 72), who had been a
client for several years, suddenly developed a frozen shoulder. He woke up one morning and could not
raise his right arm. He visited
his medical doctor, who took an X-ray and told him there was a lot of arthritis
in the shoulder joint and he should have a shoulder joint replacement as soon
as possible.
The client then spoke to me about it. I told him I doubted that he had arthritis and it was
probably some kind of healing reaction.
I referred him to an excellent chiropractor. Within two visits, the shoulder joint unlocked, and was as
good as new.
This case exemplifies a problem with x-rays when one is following a
development program. The x-ray
showed inflammation and the doctor assumed it was caused by arthritis, as there
were symptoms of pain and immobility, as well. However, healing reactions also produce inflammation, but it
is a type that heals the body.
Unfortunately, they can look the same on an x-ray. This is very confusing for doctors and
for our clients and practitioners, alike.
Other clients wake up with stiff necks and other structural
problems. These are also healing
reactions, in most cases, due to uneven releasing of tension in the spine. They go away on their own. The Spinal
Twist Exercises and quality chiropractic help, as well.
THE INCOMPLETE
STRESS WAVE IDEA
Overcoming any
stressful or traumatic event or situation requires passing through several
stages. They can be represented as
phases of a wave. They are:
1. The
up part of the wave = an inflammatory response or sympathetic nervous system
response. Visually, this looks
like the part of a wave that is above the neutral or zero line. It is usually the shape of a bell or an
arc.
In this step, the
body and/or brain mobilize their forces to fight off and overcome the insult,
toxin or situation.
A fight ensues. This is when a child might scream or
cry, and it might last half an hour, or as long as it takes to overcome the
trauma or insult to the body.
This is associated with
a faster oxidation rate and a fight-or-flight response. It may continue until the stressor is
overcome. However, often it stops
before full healing takes place due to nutritional problems. For example, the body loses zinc,
calcium and magnesium quickly in this phase. The body can only lose a certain amount safely, and then it
must shut down this phase for safety.
2. The
down wave = regeneration or a parasympathetic response. After the up wave, the body moves into
a regenerative phase. The parasympathetic
branch of the autonomic nervous system is more active and it is a resting and
healing phase.
Ideally, at the end
of the down wave phase, one is fully healed and restored, and ready to face the
world once again. However, most
people become stuck in some part of the up wave or the down wave and do not
complete the healing process. Retracing is then needed to restore the
proper stress response.
In these cases, in
order to complete the healing process, one must go back into the situation, or
metaphorically Òrevisit the scene of the crimeÓ and re-process the entire
situation correctly. This is what
you are doing when you retrace.
For more on the concept of the stress wave, please read The Stress Wave on this site.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
HEALING REACTIONS
Healing
reactions are often accompanied by psychological shifts. This is an interesting area of study in
development science. Changes in
perception, cognition, and oneÕs rate of processing of information may
occur. Here are some of the more
important examples of this (excerpted from Development
And Hair Mineral Analysis, 2010, 2014, and 2016 editions):
Physically-linked Reactions: Some emotional releases or reactions
are linked to physical toxins. For
example, many of the toxic metals directly affect neurotransmitter levels and
specific parts of the brain. Iron,
for example, is known to settle in the amygdala, an area of the brain
associated with anger and rage.
Thus as physical
toxins are eliminated, emotional states will change. As health improves, the body sends positive messages to the
brain. For example, an emotional
ÒcrisisÓ may occur as it becomes more difficult to hold on to negative feelings
and beliefs. A related cause of a
ÒcrisisÓ is when cognition and perception improve to a point that a person can
no longer continue thinking the same improper or false way as before.
Energy-related Reactions: Enhancing a personÕs adaptive energy level causes the brain to
function better. Improvements then
occur in mental clarity, memory and awareness.
Energy is required
to feel feelings, even to feel a depression. Thus, as oneÕs energy level improves, one experiences more
intense feelings.
For example, many
times, a mineral analysis has revealed a pattern associated with
depression. The client, however,
said he or she did not feel depressed.
After several weeks to several months on a development program, the
client reported feelings of depression.
These are cases in
which oneÕs feelings are suppressed simply due to low adaptive energy. As more energy becomes available,
feelings increase. 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 Arthur JanovÕs books, The Primal Scream and The Primal Revolution. 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.
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.
The work of Arthur Janov and R.D. Liang. These two psychologists have written
fascinating books about retracing.
They did not use the same development methods as we do, but they were
able to produce powerful and very healing changes in people through removing
distractions and a lot of love, mainly.
I highly recommend their books.
Dr. Janov wrote The Primal Scream (1970) and about
10 other books. He is still
writing today.
R.D. Liang wrote
about schizophrenia in The Divided Self (1960) and Self
And Others (1961). These
authors understand mental and emotional healing reactions quite well.
RETRACING IS A
KIND OF INFLAMMATION
It
is clear from our experience that retracing involves a very beneficial
inflammatory reaction of the body.
Serum tests may reflect this with slightly elevated liver enzymes, for
example. There may also be mild
serum electrolyte imbalances such as a low sodium and low
chlorine. There may even be an elevation of blood sugar. None of these seem to do harm, and all
are temporary.
These may be due to
kidney stress from a toxic metal elimination, or may be due to other factors
that have yet to be elucidated.
It is also clear
from our limited research that a retracing or healing reaction is very
different from the chronic inflammation that so many people suffer from. During a healing reaction, the inflammation
is of a very different type. It is
a sign that the body has some ÒfightÓ in it, and is mounting a powerful and
successful reaction to the presence of a chronic infection, a toxin, a lesion,
or something else. That is all it
is.
Stopping this type
of inflammation with drugs, for example, or even with anti-oxidant or
anti-inflammatory nutrients or herbs is not a good idea, and will stall or
delay the healing process. One
should stop it only if the inflammation is very painful or otherwise disruptive
or dangerous. Otherwise, leave it
alone and it will pass quickly, in most cases.
ARMORING PATTERN
RELATED TO HEALING REACTIONS
An
interesting pattern seen on some retest hair mineral analyses is called armoring. It consists of a reduction in the readings of some of the
toxic metals and nutrient minerals that were already low, so that they now fall
into a Poor Eliminator range, or go deeper
into this range.
Armoring
pattern can be related to a healing reaction. It is somewhat akin to Òputting on your armorÓ in order to
handle certain old traumas or other old situations. For more details, read Armoring
Pattern.
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 rarely up to a year.
These are deep
healing processes that cannot be resolved quickly. They require some faith to just stay with the development
program and the reaction will eventually pass.
For
at least one year, this author coughed up greenish mucus from the lungs. He had asthma and allergies as a baby
and throughout childhood, so this reaction was not too surprising.
SOUL RETRACING
The souls inside a person often
need healing and can go through retracing and healing reactions. These will influence the physical body
and brain, in some cases.
SOUL RECOVERY
When a person experiences any
type of trauma, it causes the loss of a few or more of oneÕs souls. In all cases, the person is a little
less intelligent, more confused, and loses some willpower when this occurs.
Soul recovery is the return to a
person of some or all of these lost souls. It is an important part of retracing that is necessary for
complete healing of the body and brain.
For more details, read Soul Recovery.
EFFECTS OF
RETRACING ON FAMILY MEMBERS
When
a person has a healing reaction, it can be difficult for other family members
for several reasons:
1. It may appear that the person
is ill, although retracing is not the same as illness.
2. The person may not want to go
to a conventional doctor because he or she knows that the vast majority of
doctors have no understanding of healing reactions.
3. The person may have unusual
symptoms that donÕt make sense.
This is a characteristic of healing reactions.
4. If the person is retracing an
emotional trauma or imbalance, he or she may Òact outÓ or act out of character,
which is also disconcerting.
DISCUSSING HEALING
REACTIONS
Please exercise care
when discussing healing reactions with doctors, family members and
friends. The problem is that these
people rarely understand retracing and healing reactions. They will often become upset, and will
scare you, usually needlessly.
In
addition, doctors will often recommend drugs or other procedures that, in our
experience, usually do not work well and can delay or even worsen a healing
reaction.
Instead, if you are
concerned with a symptom, always call your practitioner and ask that Dr. Wilson
review your program and make suggestions.
You can also call
Dr. Wilson directly. DonÕt email
because he is often a day behind with email. He will not hesitate to recommend a medical intervention if
that seems best. However, in our
experience with thousands of healing reactions, medical intervention is very
rarely needed with healing reactions.
THE DANGERS OF
RETRACING
Almost
all retracing reactions are totally benign. Most pass quickly and easily without causing too much
discomfort or upset. However, once
in a while they are extreme. Here
are some examples:
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.
Robert also had a
mouthful of silver/mercury amalgam dental fillings that he did not have
removed. We always recommend
removing these to reduce the toxic load on the body.
After about five
years on a development program, Robert began to become weak and at one point
lost the ability to walk normally.
He was hospitalized and doctors told him he had a neck injury that
required immediate surgery.
At first, he
postponed the surgery, and instead began a long recovery with a development
program using an infrared lamp on the neck area, along with the rest of the
program.
Although he was
recovering, it was very slow. As a
result, at one point he agreed to have neck surgery to release tension in the
neck. This speeded up his recovery
somewhat. Today, some 10 years
later, he continues with his development program.
Case
2.
Peter, age 78, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. He was given 6 months to live. He chose to follow a development 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,
PeterÕs family panicked, as they believed he was having a relapse of his
cancer. He was admitted to a
hospital, where he was given a large dose of morphine, and perhaps other drugs. PeterÕs body could not handle the highly
toxic dose of morphine. He soon
lapsed into a coma and died within a few days.
Case
#3.
An acquaintance of this author built a sauna and began using it daily. However, he did not have a hair mineral
test and he did not follow a development diet or take supplements.
He began to feel
better overall, and a very chronic sinus condition he had had since childhood
improved a lot. However, after
about a year of this incomplete program, he began having trouble breathing and
went to a doctor.
He was diagnosed
with a defective heart valve from endocarditis, and required surgery and
antibiotics to overcome this. I do
not think this was a retracing reaction, since he was not following a complete
program, but it is possible that an old infection was stirred up and his body
did not handle it well.
Case
#4.
Mrs. G, age 71, had followed a complete development program carefully for
several years. She retraced many
old health conditions fairly easily.
However, at one
point she developed breathing difficulty and was diagnosed with a chronic
bronchitis. She recalled having
this as a child.
Her breathing
difficulty was so severe she could not sleep for a few days, and ended up in
the hospital, where she slowly recovered her health. She is still following a development program today.
These
cases are important because they point out possible dangers and necessary
cautions that should be observed with any healing reaction. They include:
1. To handle
retracing best, always remove all silver/mercury amalgam dental fillings and
all root canal-filled teeth as soon as possible.
2. Be very careful
with the use of medical drugs if a person is having a healing reaction. These drugs can kill.
3. Always follow a
development diet and supplement program to stay safe with healing reactions.
SECTION VIII. RETRACING IN OTHER HEALING ARTS
HEALING REACTIONS
IN CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
Allopathic or drug
medicine recognizes the existence of healing reactions, although most doctors
are not familiar with them. In
allopathic medicine, they are called Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions - named after two doctors who first
noticed them. Here is an excerpt
from a medical website:
ÒA Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is a
fairly common reaction to antibiotic treatment of syphilis that involves fever
and headache. It may occur up to 8
hours after the first treatment of early syphilis. The reason the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction occurs is not
clear. But it may be caused by the
toxins released from the syphilis bacteria as they are destroyed by antibiotics. A Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is not
the same as an allergic reaction to penicillin.Ó
Here is a another description from a medical
website:
Ò(The healing reaction)
resembles bacterial sepsis and can occur after initiation of antibacterials, such
as penicillin or tetracycline, for the treatment of louse-borne relapsing fever
(80-90% of patients) and in tick-borne relapsing fever (30-40%). An association
has been found between the release of heat-stable proteins from spirochetes and
the reaction.
Typically, the death of these
bacteria and the associated release of endotoxins or lipoproteins occurs faster than the body can remove the
substances (my italics). It
usually manifests within a few hours of the first dose of antibiotic as fever,
chills, rigor, hypotension, headache, tachycardia, hyperventilation,
vasodilation with flushing, myalgia (muscle pain), exacerbation of skin lesions
and anxiety.
The intensity of the reaction
indicates the severity of inflammation.
The reaction commonly occurs within two hours of drug administration,
and is usually self-limiting.Ó
Here is a little information about the two
medical doctors who first wrote about healing reactions:
Adolf Jarisch was an Austrian
dermatologist who was born in 1850 and died in 1902. Dr. Jarisch published his description of the
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in 1895.
As this was many years before the discovery of penicillin, the original
description related to the treatment of syphilis with mercury.
Karl Herxheimer was a German
dermatologist who was born in 1861 and died in 1944. Dr. Herxheimer published his description of the
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in 1902.Ó
MODERN MEDICAL
STUDIES OF HEALING REACTIONS
Healing
reactions are currently being studied to understand them better. Here are two recent references:
2. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2005 Jun;30(3):291-5. Proposed mechanisms and preventative options of Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions, Pound MW and May DB.
Many famous doctors
who worked in the natural healing field recognized the existence of retracing
and healing reactions:
1.
Chiropractic. Here they are referred to as flare-ups. Here is a quote from a chiropractic website:
ÒWe tell patients that they may have flare-ups throughout treatment. This is a very important communication, because if the patientÕs expectation is that there will be a steady and unwavering improvement in symptoms, the flare-up after treatment can feel like a defeat and as invalidation.
In adjusting the
spine and stretching tissue that has been shortened for many years, it is
usually not possible to avoid discomfort and flare-ups. The flare-up can be
seen as a good thing because it tends to corroborate our diagnosis and it tells
us that we are in the right place. As the chiropractic care continues, pain and
discomfort associated with it tends to diminish.Ó – from
http://www.goldmanchiro.com/articles/
2.
Natural medicine. Dr. Max Gerson, MD,
who pioneered natural cancer therapies and the use of the coffee enema, called
these reactions flare-ups. Here is
a quote from the chapter entitled Reactions
– Flare-Ups in his excellent book, A Cancer Therapy - Results Of 50 Cases:
ÒA number of
patients have remarked, within the first two weeks of the treatment, that they
cannot stand the diet and wish to discontinue it. They base their opinion on the following occurrences:
nausea, headaches, in some cases vomiting, spasms in the intestines, more gas
than usual, no appetite É and trouble with coffee enemas.Ó
3. Bernard Jensen,
ND, DC, PhD wrote an entire booklet entitled The Doctor-Patient Handbook,
Dealing with the Reversal Process and the Healing Crisis, BiWorld Publishers, Inc., Provo, Utah,
1976,.
4. William Frederich
Koch, MD, PhD also wrote extensively about healing reactions in his excellent
technical book, The Survival Factor in Neoplastic And Viral Diseases, published by William Koch, 1955, 1958, and
1961.
5.
Psychology. In psychology and
psychoanalysis, these reactions are called the catharsis. Here is a quote from Wikipedia about
the subject:
ÒThe term catharsis has been adopted by modern psychotherapy, particularly
Freudian psychoanalysis, to describe the act of expressing, or more accurately,
experiencing the deep emotions often
associated with events in the individual's past which had originally been
repressed or ignored, and had never been adequately addressed or experienced.Ó
6.
Yeast infection literature. Here these reactions
are called die-off reactions or purification reactions. Discussions are found in books such as The
Yeast Connection; A Medical Breakthrough by William Crook, MD, 1986,
2007.
7.
Homeopathy. We do not recommend
homeopathy at all. It is very yin
and we find that it is harmful, even if it causes symptomatic improvements. However, homeopaths know about healing
reactions, which they call aggravations. Below is a short quote from Dr.
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy:
ÒThe intensity and duration of
the similar aggravation gives us a clue about the correctness of the chosen remedy,
the patientÕs vital force, prognosis, and for case management.Ó
Thus,
the concept of healing reactions or retracing is not new, nor is it esoteric or
unknown.
Other articles about retracing
on this website:
I Want The Program, But Not The
Feelings
References
1. Gerson, M., MD, A Cancer Therapy - Results of 50 Cases. An entire
chapter is devoted to ÒFlare-UpsÓ.
2. Koch, W.F., MD, The Survival Factor in Neoplastic and Viral Diseases. Healing reactions are mentioned often
in this superb book.
3. Jensen, B., DC, ND, The Doctor-Patient Handbook, and
The Science And Practice of Iridology. Dr. Jensen mentions ÒThe Healing CrisisÓ often in these
books.
4. One can also read more about healing
reactions in other books about chiropractic, psychotherapy, homeopathy, and
other healing arts.
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