The January 10^th, 2008 episode of Grey’s Anatomy featured a patient who claimed to heal people by the “laying on of hands”. The healer is in the hospital because her heart is dying and she wants the doctors at Seattle Grace to explain the problem so that she and her associates can heal herself. Throughout the episode, she demonstrated her abilities by healing several of the patients at Seattle Grace Hospital. Although television series is fictitious, it is significant because it brings about the idea that western medicine can work together with alternative therapies to heal the whole person.

Imagine for a moment a world where your health practitioner’s job was to keep you healthy and that they used every means possible to do just that. What if, for example, you went to the doctor with a problem and he diagnosed the problem and took the initial steps to help you, gave you herbs and homeopathy to help your body heal and flower essences to heal the underlying issues that caused the problem to begin with. Of course, there are two pre-suppositions in this type of healing that we may not yet be ready to accept.

Healing the whole person pre-supposes that we are naturally whole, perfect and complete and that our bodies strive to stay that way. This means that all disease and disorder are not natural states. It also means that our body will naturally attempt to return to a state of perfect health.

Healing the whole person also assumes that we are willing to take responsibility for our health. It means that we choose wellness over illness, disease and disorder. It also means that we are looking for long term healing, not a quick fix.

Sometimes we need the quick fix, the “help me feel better so I can get through this and get on with my life” type of fix. Mothers are especially good at this. Mothers tend not to get sick because there are too many other people counting on them. Then, when they suddenly find themselves without a great deal of responsibility, they suddenly find out they don’t feel well at all.

Dr. Edward Bach, a London, England Physician believed that there was more to healing than was being offered in his day. Like many of his predecessors, Dr. Bach put forth the idea that there are multiple levels of healing. It was Dr. Bach’s belief that all the levels of healing must work together to heal the whole person.

The first level of healing, what we now call “Western Medicine”, has the job, even the responsibility, to uncover the physical issue and to provide immediate resolution. The idea is to prevent the immediate or impending demise of the patient. For example, if you are bleeding, the first level of healing says to put a bandage on the cut.

The second level of healing focuses on getting your body to do what it is supposed to or should do. This level has the responsibility to assist the body in healing itself. It does this through herbs, homeopathy, and manipulation of the body’s energy field. In fact, the antibiotic that we put on a cut before we bandage it falls in this category. Herbs, like antibiotics, provide powerful assistance so the body can heal itself. Homeopathy gives the body an extra boost by providing more of the disease so the body bolsters its own immune system. Energy manipulation removes blockages that may prevent the body from healing itself.

The third level of healing is perhaps the most difficult to understand and perhaps the most necessary. This level focuses on the underlying issues, the root cause, that initiated the problem in the first place. Dr. Bach said all disease and all disorder is mental, emotional and/or spiritual in nature and that it is at this level that true healing occurs. The flower essences that now bear his name are aimed at healing the underlying issues that we face; the root cause of our problems.

There are many practitioners that believe that you can heal any issue if you get to the root cause of the problem. While that may be true, Dr. Bach believed that all levels of healing are necessary to truly heal the whole person.

Unfortunately, many of the health practitioners we visit today, both mainstream and alternative healers, tend to focus on just one form of therapy while ignoring the rest. Some are forbidden by their practice from looking at other forms of healing while others are simply ignorant of the possibilities.

In truth, if we are to take full responsibility for our own healing, it starts with a declaration of health then flows into research. From there we choose the alternatives that work for us, that will help us heal. We are responsible for taking the necessary steps to regain and maintain total and complete health.

So, how to we heal the whole person? Start by making sure that you life is not in jeopardy and, like the healer from Grey’s Anatomy, that you are completely aware of the physical issue you face. Next, find the medicines, herbs and homeopathy that, in the short term, will help your body heal. Finally, get the flower essences that will make you aware of and help you release the mental, emotional and/or spiritual issues that caused the problem to begin with.

For example, if you find that you are tired, losing your hair, moody, and gaining weight, you would start with a declaration of health and a visit to your local doctor. Have them diagnose the problem. Investigate their diagnosis to make sure that it fits your symptoms and sits well with you. Then, take the next step and find the herbs and homeopathy that will give your body the boost it needs to heal. Finally, find out what flower essences you need to heal the underlying issue, the root cause of the problem.

Remember you are responsible for your own health. Treat the whole person, not just the symptoms. If you always take this approach, you’ll find that you regain health more quickly and stay healthier longer.

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