The seven stages of illness

Sir James Mackenzie closed his medical office in London and returned to Scotland where he was born. His interests had turned to the study of the normal in human beings and how to maintain it - the practice of true preventive medicine. In London he had found that patients were too often beyond repair.

Now he hoped to answer the question: What were the bad habits that led to disease?

After a rich life of practice and intelligent observation, he arrived at three conclusions:

1. Diseases are the result of long-developing processes which begin early in life and finally lead to saturation of the body with toxins.

2. Improper eating, living and thinking habits are the prime cause of this degeneration.

3. The same type of toxin when localized in a joint causes arthritis; when localized in the liver, hepatitis; in the kidneys, nephritis; in the skin, dermatitis; in the pancreas, diabetes; in the brain, insanity.

Food is your best medicine

Dr. Henry G. Bieler, MD

With a deep understanding of these remarkable principles, we better understand all illnesses. This is the medicine of the fareast. This is also one of the fundamentals of natural healing. Illnesses vary in severity and seriousness depending of the level of toxicity a body has reached. The higher the toxic level, the deeper and more serious the illness. And a cure is simply the method that helps discharge these toxins from the body gradually, and food is the best medicine.

If a disease is not treated when it appears, it will develop with time according to the seven stages of illness. The duration of each stage varies from person to person depending on their constitution and condition. Sometimes these stages overlap.

This is caused by a chaotic and ungrateful life. No harmony and no gratitude and much animal  and junk foods. A passing flu or general fatigue fall under this category.

This is caused by low judgment on many levels. Violating the order of the universe has begun to have consequences. The patient has begun to feel that all is not well with the world. A chronic case of tonsillitis, constipation, a recurring diarrhea and insomnia are examples of this stage.

The disease has ascended into a more serious level. The pain and suffering are now permanent and have begun to affect the person's daily life routine. Rheumatoid arthritis, chronic constipation and chronic fatigue syndrome are examples of this stage of illness.

As toxic build up increases it begins to seep into the nervous system and nervousness and decreased concentration appear. Multiple sclerosis is an example of this stage of illness.

As toxic build up continues, it begins to cause gradual but permanent damage and deformations in the vital organs in the body. This is always associated with much pain and suffering. Examples of illnesses at this stage are liver cirrhosis, osteoporosis.

As serious illness begins to affect the vital organs, psychological disturbances begin to overwhelm the patient. Each organ is associated with a form of emotion. The liver is associated with anger, the kidneys with fear and exclusiveness. Most psychological disorders are a consequence of getting to this stage of physiological disease.

This is the last stage as the patient begins to realize that there is something terribly wrong, and that possibly the end is near.