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Hering's Law of Cure
Hering's Law of Cure
Reiki Newsletter
February 2008

I have posted Hering's Law of Cure several times throughout the years in this
newsletter, but each month we have new readers and it is important to understand,
so I'm posting it
once again...

Hering's Law of Cure
By Dr Roger Schmidt   Source

Dr C. Hering...Hering's law of cure has been verified by not only homeopaths but also
ayurveds, naturopaths and energy healers. This suggests that the body is subject to
certain laws that governs its working as a whole. I have dealt with this cursorily in my
article, "The Dynamics of Disease", which is available in the net at
http://www.jcrows.com/ayurvedic.html .

Herings law, in a nutshell, stipulates that there is a DIRECTION OF CURE. With this
knowledge the physician can be sure whether he has really benefited the patient or
only made him worse despite a reduction in the severity of symptoms. Says Hering,
the cure proceeds;

1. From top to bottom.
A symptom or a set of symptoms may slide down. What appeared on the head may
go to the chest, then the abdomen, then the legs before going away entirely.

2. From within to outward.
The problem may leave the innards of the body and surface on the skin, nails, hair,
and/or mucous membranes before disappearing. If the patient has an ulcer in the
abdomen, during the treatment if the patient suddenly develops a profuse discharge
of any of the mucous membranes, or develops a scary rash, then the direction is
towards a
cure. In such a case the subsequent acute manifestation should not be disturbed and
must be allowed to take its course.

3. Backwards in time.
The present symptom may be replaced by what has taken place prior to it, moving
backwards the way it developed. For example a kidney failure patient may go back to
his cardiac manifestation, then the severe abdominal complaints he may have
suffered earlier may resurface. Then the eczema or psoriasis that was suppressed
earlier may recur which when treated holistically, or by continuing the present method
of treatment will
cure the patient.

4. From the more important organ to a less important one.
As stated above the affected kidney may heal with the disease going to the heart,
then the liver, the abdomen, then the skin before affecting a cure. A mental symptom
like anxiety may be relieved as the disease takes hold of a physical organ and then
moving on from the more vital organ to the less important one.

A word of caution here. Merely going to a practitioner who uses holistic remedies will
not result in a cure as stated above. The practitioner must be aware of the
DYNAMICS OF HEALING and must be a master in both the philosophy, art and the
techniques of his science of healing. Both philosophy and practice must travel hand
in hand. During the course of treatment the experienced physician enters the realm
of the patient and both get transported to a plane which facilitates the healing. The
intuition of the doctor and the expression of the patient as to what ails him are the
fundamentals without which cure is an illusion.

Disease per se may not be bad in a healthy person. The law of cure is not peculiar to
the physicians efforts but is characteristic of the body's function. An accumulation of
waste in the body may find relief from a sudden diarhhoea or a profuse cold. At such
times rest and a simple diet will relieve the symptoms and the patient emerges feeling
better than ever, cured of ennui. An emergency may thus be averted by the action of
the body alone. What ought to be treated and what may grow worse from an external
intrusion is a decision that only a knowledgeable and sincere physician well versed in
the art of healing can make.

Detoxification is the primary aim of the body. Detoxification is the primary aim of the
health conscious individual and the trained physician. The aim is the same, only the
practices resorted to may be different. The body-mind energy complex is the best
healer and its collective role should be a subject of close scrutiny for every physician.