Healthicine

Most medicines make no claim to cure. Most medicines simply do not cure.

Does this surprise you? It’s a statement easily verified, even by a novice. Let’s look at some ways to test, and prove it.

First, walk over to you medicine cabinet. Take out each of the medicines. Read the label, look for the word ‘cure’. You might want to take to the internet, to look up the medicines in your cabinet – to search for the word cure. In most cabinets, you will not find a single medicine that claims to cure any illness. Continue reading →

“Illness is just the absence of health.”.

Nope. It’s a common mistake, often repeated without much thought.

Is a donut the ‘absence of a hole’? Nope. A hole is the absence of a donut, but a donut is not the absence of a hole.

Is light the ‘absence of darkness? Nope. Darkness is the absence of light, but light is not the absence of darkness. Continue reading →

This post was written very early in my studies of cure. To see a more comprehensive and up to date study of cure, go here: A Theory of Cure.

Modern medicine is mystified by cures. There is no useful medical nor scientific definition of cure or cured. Medical texts avoid the word cure, preferring ‘treatments’. Treatments don’t promise, don’t need to cure. Many current medical dictionaries simply do not contain the word cure – unbelievable, but true. What are cues? How do cures work? What is the science behind cures? Continue reading →

Illness starts with the symptoms. We notice the symptoms first. Something feels strange. Our bodies, our minds, our spirits – even our communities are always alert to possible danger. “Am I sick?“, we ask ourselves. Or is it normal? Life is complex. Are our feelings sensing danger? Or is everything A OK? We can only wait and see. Do they fade, or persist, or grow?

Our bodies are on constant alert to our internal status, and our mind is always monitoring our physical feelings. Are they symptoms of illness? Symptoms can be a sign of vibrant health. Continue reading →

Have you heard the latest ‘medical wisdom’? It’s become a mantra for chronic diseases, from arthritis, to diabetes, to depression to dementia.  “Learn to live with your disease.” But it’s a lie.  What is really being said is “Accept the fact that you are going to die with your disease.”

Learn to die with your disease. There are no cures for chronic disease.

Modern medicine has abandoned cures. There are lots of reasons cures are problematic, but it’s not what you think. Continue reading →