Comments on: Escaping the body-as-battleground trap. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: jim mcdonald http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-71 jim mcdonald Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:49:40 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-71 > So the disclosure statement my clients sign that says I work with them to > “support health” rather than “treat disease”? It’s not some legal word game > to avoid practicing medicine without a license—it’s absolutely true. I do not > cure anything. Herbs as I use them do not cure anything. Human ecosystems > heal themselves. Oh so close to my heart true. Very often when I tell folks during consults that I can't and don't diagnose or treat disease, they say that they understand, but then suggest that I can "talk straight" to them without worrying that they'll get me in any trouble. But saying I don't treat disease is not "code" that I'm using to cover my ass, it's true. At best, I'm like a matchmaker between plants and people, and am no more the cause of healing than I would be the cause of a couple that I introduced falling in love. That's one of my favorite ways to think about what I do; providing plants and people the possibilty to fall in love... > So the disclosure statement my clients sign that says I work with them to
> “support health” rather than “treat disease”? It’s not some legal word game
> to avoid practicing medicine without a license—it’s absolutely true. I do not
> cure anything. Herbs as I use them do not cure anything. Human ecosystems
> heal themselves.

Oh so close to my heart true. Very often when I tell folks during consults that I can’t and don’t diagnose or treat disease, they say that they understand, but then suggest that I can “talk straight” to them without worrying that they’ll get me in any trouble. But saying I don’t treat disease is not “code” that I’m using to cover my ass, it’s true. At best, I’m like a matchmaker between plants and people, and am no more the cause of healing than I would be the cause of a couple that I introduced falling in love.

That’s one of my favorite ways to think about what I do; providing plants and people the possibilty to fall in love…

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-72 Kiva Rose Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:55:25 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-72 Great post, Rebecca... you are so right on! And Jim, EXACTLY, that's exactly how i feel: "providing plants and people the possibility to fall in love" Great post, Rebecca… you are so right on!

And Jim, EXACTLY, that’s exactly how i feel: “providing plants and people the possibility to fall in love”

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-73 crabappleherbs Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:25:17 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-73 Thanks jim and Kiva. This stuff is so important to me, I'm glad to hear it resonates with other people. Thanks jim and Kiva. This stuff is so important to me, I’m glad to hear it resonates with other people.

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-75 Kiva Rose Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:35:07 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-75 And I'm VERY interested in your despelling of the body as a temple myth as well... and then we'll get to read a full post on just how you see the body, yes? We could definitely use more solid literature on the body as an ecosystem... And I love your comments on IBS, having been diagnosed with the very same term several years back... and having discovered that I have a gluten intolerance as well, after having dealt with some NASTY meds that made me significantly worse, what you said really rings very true with me. And I’m VERY interested in your despelling of the body as a temple myth as well… and then we’ll get to read a full post on just how you see the body, yes? We could definitely use more solid literature on the body as an ecosystem…

And I love your comments on IBS, having been diagnosed with the very same term several years back… and having discovered that I have a gluten intolerance as well, after having dealt with some NASTY meds that made me significantly worse, what you said really rings very true with me.

]]> By: Henriette http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-76 Henriette Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:22:36 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-76 It's nice to have things spelled out this clearly. Many thanks! It’s nice to have things spelled out this clearly. Many thanks!

]]> By: The Herbwife’s Kitchen » The body is not a war zone. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-78 The Herbwife’s Kitchen » The body is not a war zone. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:07:29 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-78 [...] Next in this series: Pitfalls in modern medicine: the body-as-battleground theory in practice. [...] […] Next in this series: Pitfalls in modern medicine: the body-as-battleground theory in practice. […]

]]> By: The Herbwife’s Kitchen » Respecting human ecology. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-95 The Herbwife’s Kitchen » Respecting human ecology. Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:49:50 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/02/16/escaping-the-body-as-battleground-trap/#comment-95 [...] I said I would write about why I’m not a big fan of the body-as-temple theory of health. This might have been a surprise to some people, because a lot of “natural health” advocates teach this theory. It goes something like this: Your body is your temple. It should be kept pure and holy. Bad health is a result of the desecration of your pure and holy temple by impure and unholy things. Therefore you must constantly purify your body and rigidly avoid everything unholy. [...] […] I said I would write about why I’m not a big fan of the body-as-temple theory of health. This might have been a surprise to some people, because a lot of “natural health” advocates teach this theory. It goes something like this: Your body is your temple. It should be kept pure and holy. Bad health is a result of the desecration of your pure and holy temple by impure and unholy things. Therefore you must constantly purify your body and rigidly avoid everything unholy. […]

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