..........Nature cure is a comprehensive term applied to all methods of treating diseases which aim at co-operating with the natural forces and defensive mechanism of the body. It is a distincet system of healing based upon its own philosophy of life, health and disease. It is by no means a collection of facts and notions, as it is popularly supposed, nor is it a scheme of returning to "life in the wilderness". It may be defined as an art, a science, a philosophy, and a practice following definite physical, chemical, biological, mental and spiritual laws for the restoration and maintenance of health and the correction of bodily disorders without the use of poisonous drugs. Nature cure therefore implies a complete revolution in the art and science of living. It is not only therapy or a system of healing. It is also a way of life, in tune with the internal vital life-giving forces or elements composing the human entity, on the physical, mental and spiritual planes of being. It is this supreme force or power acting in and through every atom, molecule and cell in the human body, which is the true healer, the Vis Medicatrix Nature which always endeavours to heal, to repair and restore to perfection. All that the physician can do is to remove obstructions and to establish normal conditions within the patient, so that the healing can take place in the best possible manner. |
