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Medical Astrology
vs
Allopathic Medicine
by Eileen Nauman
Medical
astrology requires a different approach to counseling
than natal astrology. The medical astrologer is usually
not a licensed medical practitioner, such as an M.D.,
N.D., D.C. or D.O., since most medical astrologers
evolve out of the field. This in itself is not good or
bad, but becomes a critical point to clients who come to
the medical astrologer seeking health-oriented advice.
Medical
astrologers are rare, and most people don't even know we
exist. Those who do seek us out are generally one of
three types:
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Either
they are chronically ill, have made the
"rounds" of the accepted medical
establishment, and have found no relief from their
problems;
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they
are health-oriented individuals who wish to maintain
good health and are seeking advice to accomplish
this; or
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they
have been abused by the accepted medical
establishment and refuse to ever seek advice from
such practitioners again.
Two out
of the three types pose serious problems for the medical
astrologer -- the chronically ill individual who is
desperate and the one who has literally come to hate the
accepted medical establishment.
The
chronically ill person is usually at the end of his/her
rope, emotionally, mentally, and financially, as well as
physically. Despairing, s/he is willing to seek any kind
of alternative treatment, which makes him/her
particularly vulnerable and willing to accept anything
the medical astrologer says.
Those
who have developed disgust or even hatred of standard
medical practices are apt to be better educated about
themselves, their bodies, and their problems than the
other types. This person is ready to accept
responsibility for his/her health, realizing that the
doctor or health practitioner is really (and only) a
part of the "team" to get him/her on the road
to health. This individual takes part in the dialogue
regarding his/her health problem, wanting questions
answered in a straightforward manner, not wishing to
hear "medicalese" -- a hodgepodge of medical
words that make no sense at all to the layperson. S/he
also expects to be consulted and respected for personal
opinions about his/her body.
Just
because an astrologer may be able to look at a natal
chart and glean health information from it, doesn't
necessarily make one a medical astrologer. What does
qualify one to have such a label? A medical astrologer
is a person who's serious about undertaking a medical
astrological practice, and has accepted the most complex
type of challenge offered in astrology. One must not
only be a top-notch astrologer, but should have an
extensive background in nutrition/diet, a thorough
understanding of physiology and anatomy, and be prepared
to become a clearinghouse of health information.
In no
other astrological field does one's knowledge (or lack
of it) have such a direct and immediate effect on an
individual. This is a complex area, one demanding a
number of disciplines, and it is most difficult in terms
of potential problems with the AMA and federal
government. This is not a field for the faint of heart
or the foolhardy. It is a field for a dedicated healer
who happens to employ astrology as a focus or mandala to
help those who seek assistance in getting well.
Astrologically,
we recognize that the human being is holistic, that all
parts make up the whole. We are who we are because of
our conditioning, our parents, our society, an amalgam
of mental attitudes that were molded and shaped since
birth, emotions that went through the same fires of
experience, plus a spiritual counterpart that tries to
bring through only the finest and most positive energy.
All of these things affect the physical body, the fourth
and last component of the holistic concept. Most medical
astrologers are holistic in their approach to health
because we include the spiritual, the mental, the
emotional, as well as the physical of the person who
seeks our counsel.
Recently,
the allopathic medical establishment in the U.S. has had
to come to grips with this concept. Let me define
allopathy: It is a system of treating disease by
producing conditions different from or incompatible with
the effect of the disease. In other words, if a person
has a fever, an allopathic doctor treats it with an
anti-fever drug such as aspirin, which is known to
reduce fever. If one has an infection, the allopath
treats it with an antibiotic (infection drug), such as
penicillin. Allopathy accounts for 95 per cent of the
medical practice in the U.S. The doctors who use it are
taught to zero in on a specific symptom and eradicate it
with the use of large doses of a drug(s). The side
effects, as many people are now coming to realize, can
be horrendous.
The type
of medicine practiced in 75 per cent of the rest of the
world is homeopathy. It is a system of medicine that
prescribes minute doses of such medicine as would
produce in a healthy person the symptoms of the diseases
treated. In other words, like cures like. A homeopathic
doctor, first of all, is holistic, recognizing from the
outset that the human being is a combination of
spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical formation.
Secondly, the patient is a part of the healing procedure
and plays a powerful and responsible part in his/her own
healing process. Lastly, homeopathy, unlike allopathy,
cures and heals. It has no adverse side effects, nor
will it suppress the illness, as does allopathic
treatment.
For
example, following allopathic philosophy, if you have a
headache the doctor prescribes aspirin to suppress the
pain. The aspirin doesn't heal or cure the cause or the
headache. Two or three hours later after the first dose
of aspirin, the headache may come back, proving that all
this drug does is suppress the symptoms, but it doesn't
cure the problem.
On the
other hand, if you went to a homeopathic doctor, s/he
would ignore your label of "headache" and ask
you questions about your spiritual, mental, emotional,
and physical state, gathering a vast amount of extra
information from which an assessment could be made of
what is needed to cure and heal your headache. In
homeopathy there is no describing and defining a
particular disease because it is made up of many
symptoms. These symptoms will be found in a Materia
Medics that has 2,000 remedies from the Homeopathic
Pharmacopeia. The doctor then gives you a minute dose of
a potent remedy. Your headache goes away, but this time
it is healed and cured, not suppressed.
The
proper medical astrologer is holistic, just like the
homeopath. In my opinion, homeopathy is a much healthier
way of approaching a client's illness. Happily, there
are homeopathic doctors (M.D.'s, N.D.'s, D.C.'s, D.O.'s)
here in the U.S. As a responsible medical astrologer,
you can recommend to your client the National Center for
Homeopathy, 801 N. Fairfax St., Suite 306, Alexandria,
VA 22314. They offer a
directory available for purchase which lists homeopathic
practitioners by area (also online at http://homeopathic.org)
As a
medical astrologer, the goal is not to prescribe for the
client (which is against the law) but rather to become a
clearing-house of information, in addition to educating
a client about possible choices. A medical counselor can
become the hub of a wheel, educating him/herself in many
systems of medicine, and approaches to healing, that are
available to clients.
It is
very important not to misrepresent what you are and what
you do. When a client accepts you as a medical
astrologer, it is not the same as if s/he accepts you as
his/her "doctor". Nothing could be further
from the truth. In essence, you are a healer using the
tool of astrology as a focus on health-related problems.
Your responsibility is to send this individual (after
informing him/her of the many choices s/he has) in a
direction s/he has chosen and is comfortable with to
seek competent medical help.
A
medical astrologer does not tell a client to take a
vitamin, mineral, herb, homeopathic remedy, or anything
else. The medical astrologer educates the client about
these things, then leaves the responsibility of choice
up to the person. One's health is one's own
responsibility. Gradually, people in this country are
coming to view and accept this vital concept. Your
health is your responsibility.
It is
your right to ask questions of your health practitioner
about his/her diagnoses, what s/he is prescribing, what
it will do, if there are any side effects, etc. A
medical astrologer makes the client aware and allow
him/her to make a choice. We all know our own health and
sickness feelings best. The client is capable of knowing
which tool is best for him/her. The medical astrologer
does not.
This
article was
written by the author of
Homeopathy
911 by Eileen Nauman
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About The
Author
 Eileen Nauman has been a
practicing homeopath since 1970, and medical astrologer since 1974. She is
an international speaker on many alternative medicine topics, including
homeopathy and astrology, as well as flower and gem essences and a Native
American healing technique known as Soul Recovery and Extraction. She is a
registered EMT-B in the state of Arizona. Author of three books on
Homeopathy and Medical Astrology, she continues to work in the alternative
medicine field. She may be contacted at her website: www.medicinegarden.com
or docbones@sedona.net
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