| Copyright (c) 2009 Stephen Lau | | | | will eventually arrive at the level of balance of body, |
| Ill health is the accumulation of all the wrong things | | | | mind, and behavior. Attaining that overall harmony, |
| you have done to your health over the years. For | | | | your body's inner healing intelligence is capable of |
| someone who is very ill, it may seem difficult, almost | | | | correcting any physiological imbalance, which is the |
| impossible, to restore natural health and get well | | | | cause of illness. |
| again. | | | | Therefore, to restore natural health, stop creating |
| To restore natural health, you need a vision of good | | | | imbalances to your body and mind. For example, do |
| health and wholeness. Repair and recovery from ill | | | | not readily reach out for any over-the-counter drug |
| health starts at the fundamental body-mind level, | | | | or even prescription medication to treat your illness. |
| instead of just focusing on the disease area itself. | | | | Remember, disease symptomatic treatment does |
| Modern medicine's disease symptomatic treatment | | | | little to eliminate the cause of ill health; at best, it can |
| usually comes with a hefty price: undesirable and | | | | only delay disease progression. Also, stop ingesting |
| long-lasting side effects. Such treatment is desirable | | | | toxins into your body, such as through smoking, |
| only in emergencies or life-threatening situations. To | | | | excessive alcohol consumption, or eating processed |
| restore natural health, the preferred treatment is | | | | foods. |
| natural healing, with long-term side benefits to | | | | To restore natural health, focus on your digestive |
| rejuvenate both the body and the mind. | | | | health, which plays a pivotal role in recovery and |
| Understandably, ill health may make you forget to | | | | rejuvenation. Change your eating habits: eating only |
| take care of your body, and thus allowing your | | | | when you are hungry, and eating the right foods. |
| body's functions to further deteriorate. Ill health is no | | | | Good digestive health is natural health. |
| more than imbalances accumulated over years of | | | | To sustain repair and recovery, it is important to |
| abuse and neglect. Therefore, the first step to | | | | detoxify your body regularly through fasting, herbs, |
| restore natural health is to stop health-destructive | | | | such as dandelion, licorice, and milk thistle, and |
| habits, thereby placing your body in its original natural | | | | vegetables, such as beets and broccoli. Toxins from |
| state of balance. To restore natural health, you need | | | | the environment and the consumption of |
| this first step because once you realize how little it | | | | contemporary foods are a source of imbalance, and |
| takes to feel well again, you will not want to be sick | | | | they need to be eliminated. |
| again. According to Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese | | | | Finally, to restore natural health, you need to consider |
| philosopher, "a journey of a thousand miles begins | | | | health in your daily routine to reinforce discipline in |
| with the first step"; so, take your first step, and one | | | | your diet and lifestyle, as well as to prevent any |
| step at a time, to restore natural health. | | | | relapse. Your daily patterns will contribute to the |
| Natural health is more than just an absence of illness: | | | | physiological rhythms that are harmonious with the |
| it is how you attune yourself to Nature's natural laws | | | | rhythms of Nature, such as regular exercise, going to |
| of balance, expressed by your body's inner healing | | | | bed and getting up early. |
| intelligence, which allows your body to repair and heal | | | | Health is the greatest asset of your life. Do not |
| itself. You may start from any level of imbalance, but | | | | squander it recklessly. Natural health can be restored |
| as long as you proceed on the road of balance, you | | | | through natural means of balance and harmony. |