This blog is about HEALTHICINE, the Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness. The basic concept of healthicine is the study of health – as opposed to the studies of disease and medicines. We don’t “lose” our health when we are sick. As long as we are alive, we have health and healthiness. When we are healthier, we get fewer colds, for example, and cure them faster. When we are less healthy, we get more colds and they take longer to cure. In the blindness of medical speak, however, there is no cure for the common cold. The concepts of healthicine are being explored and developed in this blog, so most recent posts are more current – as far as the theories of healthicine. I sometimes go back and update older posts that are more popular, to align them with new ideas.
You can explore some of the basic concepts of healthicine in these posts:
The Healthicine Creed has evolved over several years into a set of basic statements or belief systems about health, healthiness, illness, and disease.
The Healthicine Oath: to replace medical oaths with one for patients.
Is Healthicine Alternative Medicine? All practices of medicine are focussed on disease, not on health. Healthicine is a more general concept than medicine, a wider and deeper view than any practice of medicine.
Defining the Arts of Healthing What are the differences between practicing “healthicine” and practicing “medicine”?
Diseases Cured, but not by Medicines. How many diseases are only cured by health?
Health is a Verb: one of the most popular Healthicine posts. Cure is a verb as well – it’s on my todo list.
You will also find many posts here that are a “healthicine view” of illness, disease, and medicine:
Placebo Effects BUSTED!
The Many Bureaucracies of Modern Medicine ** Most Popular
Cure or Remission: What’s the Difference? ** Most Popular
What is the difference between Health and Illness?
Causal Cures: Books that Cure
Why We Can’t Cure Scurvy
How to Cure Any Disease: A Calculus of Curing
The Disappearance of Cure from Modern Medicine
Learning to Die with Your Disease
Invisible Cures
The Myth of Alternative Medicines
I Cured my Plantar Fasciitis and Nobody Gives a Damn ** Most Popular
The Case of the Incredible Disappearing Cancer Patients! ** Most Popular
The Un-Sciences of Medicine
Is it a Medicine, a Symptomicine, or a Crutch ** Most popular
The Medicines Myth *** Also available in Spanish
Exploring the concepts of Healthicine has led to the publication of several books, in descending order of publication:
The Elements of Cure: Cure, unfortunately, is not defined in conventional medicine, nor in any altertative medical practice, for most diseases. As a result, most diseases can only be considered ‘incurable’. The book Elements of Cure is a short introduction to the basic concepts of cure, cures, curing and cured that can be applied to any illness.
Cure: The book Cure is an in-depth exploration of the concepts of cure. As I worked to revise the two initial Healthicine books, I realized that cure is not defined in medicine and got stuck. I spent several years researching the concepts of cure, leading to the publication of the book A Calculus of Curing, which was revised to create this publication.
A Calculus of Curing. was the original book published after two years of research into the concepts of “cure”.
Or read more about it here: How to Cure Any Disease.
After about two years of blogging, I consolidated information from Healthicine posts on both sites, into a book, and later a second introductory book about healthicine, both published in 2014. These books are a bit dated – always behind the concepts on my blog site and I am currently working on revisions. You can learn about healthicine bit by bit, by reviewing these blog posts, or purchase one of the books (links below) for a wider, deeper understanding of the concepts.
I am currently working on a third book: The Calculus of Curing A book that defines and explores the concepts of cures and curing. This book became necessary as I worked to update the book Introduction to Healthicine, when I realized that CURE is not defined for most diseases (which are also poorly defined) in conventional medicine.
Healthicine: The Book
History:
The concept of healthicine grew from posts on the blog Personal Health Freedom.com, to the point where I realized I was writing more about healthicine than about health freedom. Thus – a blog about healthicine.
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This blog is created by one person with a mission. Tracy Kolenchuk (me) is a single person, not paid by any corporation or special interest. I am retired – and my goal is not to make money. My goal is to change the world. I am happy to work with others, but they must help the goal. tracychess@hotmail.com. If you are interested in writing for Healthicine.org, check out this link.
To participate in the exploration of healthicine, LIKE it on Facebook. To learn more about the concepts of HEALTHICINE, check the Principles of Healthicine tab and explore this site, or check out The Healthicine Creed. I’d love to hear your thoughts about how we can study and develop the science of healthicine.
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I just arrived at your blog from a comment on Dr. Mercola’s site. This is impressive. I’m sure to visit again.
A great initiative and contribution to transform our thinking about (holistic) health and redefine our Healthcare system