by Ellen Valentine, CNC
The Healing Crisis is the bodys attempt to throw off toxicity and get the rest which is imperative for healing. It is often misunderstood, because of the way most people interpret feeling bad”. What many don’t know is that the body will only undergo a healing crisis when it has the strength to do so. The healing crisis is the opposite of the condition in near death when body processes shut down.
A healing crisis can be as simple as a cold or influenza. As bad as they sometimes feel, crises definitely slow a person down and force at least some needed rest. It can be safely said that many supposed flu-like symptoms are really food poisoning, especially if the person eats at fast food places regularly.
During anytime of healing, even in the case of serious illnesses, cleansing the body with organic juicing or supervised water fasting (not recommended without support) colon hydro-therapy or other safe, time tested and success proven methods are suggested to work along with the natural process of the body.
Healing crises occur naturally thorughout a person’s life. Some person’s experience colds and flu more simply because they can use the clean out. Sometimes a cleanse may be prompted by a new healthier eating regime; and even this type of cleanse should be regarded as sacred time out, with rest and nurturing.
The healing crisis may not feel great; however, it can add years to life. The alternatives, and many ill-advised people take this road, is to medicate the symptoms and get back to their current project or work. This suppresses the bodys higher infinite intelligence, which after time will stop giving messages to that particular body. This suppression merely puts on hold the particular problem behind the need for the cleansing of toxicity; in other words, even though the symptoms have been subdued for this time, the suppression of the underlying cause actually strengthens the problem. It will come back again to be handled.
Why must it feel so bad? Many people dont have the tolerance for feeling badly. It can feel better to suppress messages and healing processes rather than accept opportunities to throw off toxicity. Most people receive this message in early childhood from the television, pharmaceutical companies and other seeming authority media.
Truthfully it does seem that healing wants to present itself during a busy schedule, stressful time, or when that certain deadline must be met. In brief, the body under stress also has a weaker immune system. Too much stress taxes the immune system.
To recap, the healing crisis which can feel like influenza, have coughing fits, headaches, diarrhea, skin eruptions etc. is a naturally occurring attempt on the bodys part to heal and spring clean. A person has the choice to rest and take care of themselves or to bear up and push the body further without rest. The latter is suppression.
What to do if you are in a crisis and you make the smart decision to go with the flow and support your body? Take as much rest as possible. Buy or use your juicer. Drink at least a quart of fresh juice a day. Get a book that gives you juice recommendations. Eat only food that has a natural earth color; in other words, no fast food, nothing white, no dairy and no meat, no breads. If you have to work though, use as much emotional detachment as possible. You can still go home and go right to bed. Eat sparingly and get lots of fresh juices and pure water.
The above are easy and inexpensive alternatives to staying sick or suppression through medication. If youre a bit more ambitious you can get colonics, delve into traditional uses of herbal combinations, see a naturopath, get body work and join an on-line or local community support group.
Like everything in life healing crises are cyclical. If you are recovering from cancer or other life threatening illness, plan on healing and cleansing naturally several times a year, stay on your food regime and find a nutritional and naturopathic accountability coach. You will need to do this for support.
Please be advised, if you are under a doctors care for any life threatening illness you should ask for assistance in determining difference between normal body healing and an acute but life threatening attack. It is also notable that the body will never recover from a chronic disease without the healing crisis.
The High Intelligence within each body is such a miracle and should not be dulled or minimized, cannot be quantified in absolute terms and can be trusted. It is your gift to be well and get well naturally. Rely on your own judgment in this regard and take back control of your body. Making your own decisions and trusting your body is the first part of healing from within.
Celebrate Your Excellence, Ellen Valentine, CNC