The practice and philosophy of Chinese Medicine aligns with something called Hering's Law of Cure. This is unlike Western Medicine, which believes that if symptoms are suppressed then the ailment is cured. Dr. Constantine Hering was known as the American Father of Homeopathy. Through keen observations in his practice and research during the early to mid 1800s, he discovered a pattern of the healing process.
Dr. Hering observed that the body wants to externalize disease, and that symptoms will surface as part of the healing process. When disease is present, and the body is given an opportunity to heal, a person's symptoms will appear and disappear in the reverse order of their appearance upon the body. This means that a patient might experience old symptoms during the healing process. Dr. Hering also observed that the body heals from top to bottom, and from more vital organs to less vital organs (Constantine Hering, 2019).
To summarize, Law of Cure states that healing begins from within out, from head down, and in the reverse chronological order as the symptoms appeared or been repressed.
How does Law of Cure influence Acupuncture treatments?
The healing process is different for everyone since each individual is unique and every case is unique. Some patients may feel great immediately after their treatments with no previous symptoms showing up. Others may have old symptoms reappear, especially if they have more chronic and complicated cases. If this happens, old symptoms should only last 24-28 hours after treatment, and 72 hours at the maximum. The result being feeling much better after this brief period of symptom reoccurrence!
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References:
Constantine Hering. (2019). Retrieved November 23, 2019, from http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_info/constantine_hering.html.
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I believe in Acpuncture the Chinese call it "The Law of Reverse Cure"