Are You in a Healing Crisis?

I was talking to a friend the other day who has been using alternative therapies to get well and is being hit suddenly with an onslaught of symptoms out of the blue. The therapies initially made her feel very good, but as they progressed she developed various pains and blockages and weird sensations. We were not sure what to make of this at first, but then later that day as I listened to a talk on brain entrainment, I heard mention of the term “healing crisis” and it all made sense to me.

I had first heard of this phenomenon many years back when I first became involved in energy therapy as I was taking my Reiki training. It was explained that as the body progresses towards health, sometimes it revisits old pains and symptoms of old disease before it completely clears itself. For example, you may be undergoing Reiki treatment for back pain when, a few days after you begin the sessions you get a sharp pain in your arm. You may decide that something new has come up, or that Reiki has caused a problem. Then you think back and recall that the arm in pain is the same one you broke when you were twelve years old. As it was explained to me, the Reiki healing is bringing to the surface past memories in the body of trauma in order to release them. In a healing crisis, symptoms tend to come up and go quickly, like watching a movie of your past in fast motion.

Dr. Constantine Hering, known as the father of homeopathy derived the Law of Cure that describes the healing process:
* Symptoms of a chronic disease disappear in definite order, going in reverse and taking about one month for every year the symptoms have been present.
* Symptoms move from the more vital organs to the less vital organs; from the interior of the body towards the skin.
* Symptoms move from the top of the body downward.

Nutritional changes, EFT, meditation, homeopathic treatments, and other therapies can trigger a healing crisis. Usually the recommended action for a healing crisis is to back off of the therapy for a bit and take it slow. Keeping the body rested and drinking plenty of water will help to alleviate some issues associated with detox.