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Rejuvenation Medicine By Cornelis van Dalen ND DipHom Naturopath -
Homoeopath The word reájuáveánate vt 1. to make somebody become, feel, or appear young
again 2. to restore something to its condition when
new, or make it more vigorous, dynamic, and effective The Oxford dictionary states – make or
become young again. L juvenis When someone is deliciously happy, they feel
young – or at least in a condition in which the question of the need
for rejuvenation is not present; happiness is rejuvenation. When a face
lights up, all wrinkles and lines disappear, and the real person captivates
us. When one is in love, truly in love, that is the condition of
rejuvenation. External changes are cosmetic, as is the term. Real changes,
which have permanence, come from within. Beauty is more than skin deep. What is it that rejuvenates? A web search (as we are
wont to do) for rejuvenation once offered plastic surgery and the like,
especially to the sexual organs. Sex?
ItÕs the very thing that rejuvenates the human being – both for
women and men, but not in its lustful aspects. How to rejuvenate? Rejuvenation is
healing. How often do we read about a healed person in their testimony ÔI
have never felt better in all of my life!Õ This is rejuvenation. Everyone
seeks to rejuvenate something in their lives: in thinking or memory, in
belief or faith, in body functions mostly. In a regimen for health, your own
observation of what is good, and of what hurts, is the best medicine. So,
what agrees with you, continue it; what does not agree, stop it. But the
practitioner is the best observer of you, when in comes to decisions of
therapeutic value. He observes also what one can do in the strength of youth
one cannot in later years. Age will not be defied. Beware of any sudden changes in diet.
ÒFor it is a
secret, both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than
one.Ó1 So, it is advised to change things little by little, so if
there is inconvenience in change then one can come back to it. But this is
dependent on the patient and the condition. Some physicians pander to the
patient and forget the cause of the disease or condition. Others seek to cure
the condition and forget the patient. The patient is to take a physician of
middle disposition – combining the two. There is no one pill to rejuvenation
but a process. This will take a week or two to begin to see the changes
brought about through therapy or other things, and this will give
encouragement to continue and enter into the deeper aspects of rejuvenation. Rejuvenate: Mind – brain fag, inability to
calculate, memory, develop (inherent) intelligence, change moral character,
etc Body – detoxify and cure
addictions Organ renewal – correction of
dysfunctions Skin – heal eruptions: acne,
pimples, eczema, etc Reproductive organs –
non-surgical rejuvenation and correction of urinary dysfunction, menstrual
irregularities, fertility, etc Energy loss/ Fatigue - achieve
greater enjoyment of life Weight loss/weight gain The Elixir of Life To attain the elixir of life was said
to be the goal of the medieval alchemists. Translated for the modern world,
this can be said to be a goal to produce the elixir of eternal youth. Today
it is not the alchemist with retorts and distillation flasks seeking to
concoct it, but modern pharmaceutical investigations, producing pills and
potions. It is the duty of every physician, states
Paracelsus (c. 1490 – 1541), to attempt to prolong human life as long
as it could be prolonged – Òbecause it is only during life upon the
earth that man may acquire knowledge and improve his character.Ó 2 It has been maintained that the human body could be
rejuvenated to certain extent by a fresh supply of vitality. ÒWe cannot
reverse the laws of Nature, and whatever dies a natural death cannot be
resuscitated by man. But man may mend that which he himself has broken, and
he may break that which he himself has made.Ó ÒAll things have a certain time
during which they may exist upon the earthÉ.if a manÕs stay is over he will
have to leaveÉ.but many die before their time is over, not by a visitation of
Providence, but because they are ignorant of the laws of nature.Ó The elixir of life or the liquor vitae, Òif we could extract
the fire of life from the heart without destroying the heart, and draw the
quintessence out of inanimate things, and use it for our purpose, we might
live for ever in the enjoyment of health, and without experiencing any
disease.Ó But this is not possible in our present condition, but we can
prolong the process of life, by protecting it from injurious influences, that
may act upon it. Defend against
the injuries from the mind and influences of others; those things which cause
him to over overindulge in food and drink; fatigue, of mind and body, of
excessive grief or joy. This we do with the remedies provided by Nature. The fresh vitality, the secret of
Youth, the ever-rejuvenating process is in truth the youthfulness of mind.
To be always learning, in a childlike manner, of the great
storehouse of Universal knowledge, is the elixir of life, the key to eternal
youth and rejuvenation. The Rejuvenation Process You cannot expect change if you do
the same thing every day. Naturopathy and rejuvenation: The virtues of natural medicine, that which we
call Naturopathy, lies in the application of the laws which govern life. No
cure can occur without the observance of the workings of natural law. The
person seeking rejuvenation, which means to be healed of ailments of mind
and body,
the observance of the laws of Nature will need to be made. This is the
workings of the human body and the laws of mind and conscience. This
observance and seeking to understand, though, enriches life experience, as
well as rejuvenates the body. Homoeopathy and rejuvenation: Science looks at substance. Homoeopathic science
looks at the effects of substance in the human body. Thus homoeopathic
medicine knows what will happen to the body when the remedy is taken. A
remedy is given which in healthy people created the symptoms. So man now
understands the law of similars – the most similar remedy to the
disease. This is healing or
appropriately rejuvenation. Diet and rejuvenation: The definition of diet is to eat food according
to rule. A diet should only be prescribed to those who will benefit; the rest
should eat food. This may sound ludicrous but it is true. Additionally only
food that is tasty will be of benefit to the body. Medicine in very small
doses is usually not tasty; therefore it has the ability to heal. Herein is
another truth – too much medicine and it becomes a poison. Food can be
a medicine but too much will injure. The way diet is prescribed is according to the
energy and condition of the individual – whether one is hot or cold
person, whether one is dry or damp, or a mixture of them. Only when these
things are taken into consideration can there be healing and rejuvenation
with food and eating. The vast majority of people follow fashionable trends
in food and eating, from the market place or from in-vogue books and worry
about the consequences afterwards or their failure to rejuvenate. References: 1: Francis Bacon Essays – Regimen of
Health (1625),
reprint JM Dent & Sons London, 1972 2: Franz Hartmann Life of Paracelsus Wizard Bookshelf San
Diego USA 1996 © Cornelis van Dalen 2005 All right reserved |
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