Before the days of over the counter laxatives, epsom salts were used. It was common to think that epsom salts made the bowels move. The chiropractic perspective was a little different. Chiropractic philosophy begins with intelligence, not energy. The chiropractic reasoning was that Innate Intelligence recognized epson salts as a poison and the increased bowel movements to expel the poison. That change in thinking changes everything.
Health is optimal physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Optimal is the key word. It implies intelligence - a decision must be made.
If you are sitting quietly or lying down, your heart doesn’t need to beat as fast as when you are running. How fast is fast enough? There are oxygen sensors that feed that information to the brain. Is it mere programming or does an intelligence make a decision at a subconscious level? I believe in the later.
One definition of intelligence is the ability to adapt to new and trying situations. I would expect successful adaptation to result in improved quality of life. Unsuccessful adaptation would result in death or disease.
If each of us is born with an Innate Intelligence, why do some of us fail to adapt? Is one person’s intelligence better than someone else’s?
Chiropractic philosophy reasons that all Innate Intelligence is the same. We reason that the brain and nervous system are used by Innate Intelligence to control and coordinate all body functions. We notice that problems with the spine can affect the nervous system. When the nervous system fails to properly respond to Innate Intelligence there is a failure of adaptation. Loss of adaptation is known as dis-ease, a lack of ease. That can lead to disease or death.
The chiropractic mission is to find problems with the spine that are affecting the nervous system, what we call subluxations. We adjust the subluxation. The nervous system responds properly and Innate Intelligence restores health.
Now, back to our epsom salts for constipation example. The chiropractic rationale would be to examine the spine for subluxation. If a subluxation exists, it is adjusted. We expect normal function to return. Often that is exactly what happens. Sometimes there is a limitation of matter. Those are times when medicine or surgery can be helpful. However, the ultimate healing still comes from Innate Intelligence of the patient.
When Innate Intelligence is missing, the patient is dead. Chiropractic adjustments, medicines, and surgeries will not heal the patient.
We must work with the Innate Intelligence of the patient to restore health.