|
Ayurceutical philosophy stands in stark contrast to any and every other genre of health care on the planet. Here is a rather random list of some of the reasonably well known technologies presently practiced around the globe.
Not a single one of them is "complete" in the sense described here -- that ANY genre of health care should cover certain vital elements -- failing to do so makes them "incomplete."
1. Pharmaceutical
2. Ayurvedic
3. Nutraceutical
4. Allopathy
5. Homeopathy
These are the initial "genres" of health care that predominate the planet. I consider them "incomplete philosophies" because none of them include an adequate address to all the components I believe should be part of a health care system.
Here is what SHOULD be covered in any genre of health care.
1. A general theory of the philosophy, science and technology of the subject, including the central concept that this health care deals with the physical body and does not think to treat the mind or spirit -- both of which must be acknowledged as senior in importance to the physical body.
2. A specific understanding of and definition for the "state of health" and the deviations from that state of health -- "disease."
3. A technology of diagnosing a condition of health -- as to whether it is close to or far from a condition of health -- or better than normal.
4. A technology of prevention of a non-optimum condition from arising.
5. A technology of treatment of a non-optimum condition to return a person to a more optimum condition.
6. An understanding of the function of the body, and parts of the body, so that parts of the body and various organs can be examined individually for their condition of health, for the preventing of a non-optimum condition in such part and the treatment of any non-optimum condition in such part.
7. A method of training and certifying those who would apply these technologies.
8. A method of observing both good and bad application of these technologies, and of correction of the practioners and the recipients of such application.
9. A system of exchange that values successful application of the technology.
10. A system of evaluating choices people make as to the effect of that choice on the condition of their health, and a related system of exchange from the individual to a practioner in accordance with the ratio of good choices compared to bad choices that affect his health and therefore affect the amount of energy and knowledge required of application of the technology.
11. An understanding of the role played by mental and spiritual factors in the health of the body and a clear delineation of the areas where "health care" is in the realm of the physical sciences and the areas where mental and spiritual technologies should be used. It is in this area of ignorance of spiritual connections to physical science that has led man to the doom he faces. Click here for a WSJ article that describes one of the most promising concepts of theoretical physics in many decades -- now increasingly being found wanting. Karl Loren has the truth of this matter if you care to mark the date and place you heard that claim.
With these criteria for what SHOULD be in a genre of health care my opinion is that virtually no existing health care system includes all these elements -- thus an initial position of any health care system is that it is "incomplete" for not including all of the above. Any NEW system of health care that includes all these features would still have to establish itself as workable and effective in all these features.