The human body has incredible healing capacity, but when a process or tissue breaks down enough that it can no longer maintain normal function, symptoms arise. Ignoring or blocking symptoms rarely helps. Many common treatments cause side-effects and dependency resulting in a domino effect requiring increasingly drastic interventions to address new symptoms and side-effects.

 

Instead, we are meant to listen to symptoms as messages about how the body is attempting to compensate and carry on despite injury and insult. Symptoms point to the problem like so many spokes on a bike wheel connecting to the hub. Through attentive listening, and awareness of the integrated systems of the human body, we can identify how the body is attempting to heal itself and then we can support this process naturally. This is a basic premise of holistic medicine. With the right support, our bodies can recover from tremendous insults.

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If you're ready to take the next step in your healing process, set up a free consultation and find out how Dr. Rowan can help you with acupuncture and holistic Chinese medicine.