FAQs

Answered by Dr. S. Anand Kasula in his book on Aloe Vera herbs & supplements.

How do diseases occur?

Most diseases and symptoms are the result of an overtaxed eliminative system. Toxins may be introduced into the body through smoking, impure food, polluted water, air or may be produced by body itself during severe stress or nervousness.

These toxins may fail to get eliminated from the body due to lack of exercise, inadequate rest or inability of the eliminating systems of our body. The body then tries to adapt itself to functioning at a lower energy level. When toxins continue to come in to the body, a disease manifests.

Free radicals can attack cells, which may have become weak or damaged due to irritation, resulting in disease.

What is a Disease Crisis?

All disease crises are a form of healing and elimination. First the toxins are eliminated and then the affected tissues are renewed. Our bodies are programmed to throw out toxins and other unwanted material naturally through various eliminating organs: the bowels, skin kidneys, urinary tract, and nasal passage.

These symptoms and the process of elimination are a part of natural cure. Remember ‘an untreated cold lasts seven days while a treated cold lasts one week’. Do not suppress the symptoms with drugs unless absolutely necessary.

When organs are loaded to their toleration point with waste or toxins, disease symptoms such as colds, boils, rashes, sweating, diarrhea, inflammation, fever etc occur. This is also known as the Disease Crisis.

Do we get any advance symptoms of the Disease Crisis?

Sometimes preceding symptoms exist, showing that a crisis is coming and that the body is trying hard to eliminate toxins. Dark urine, sluggishness, coated tongue, irritability, headache, a sense of weakness and ringing in the ears are some of the signs.

This shows that the toxins are overpowering our natural immune system.

What is a Healing Crisis?

The road to better health may begin with a healing crisis. As you move towards better health with natural healing programs and better nutrition, healing begins to occur.

As part of the healing process, the body will begin to discard toxic residues, which have built up in your body over the years. The healing process usually does not occur without reactions.

During the initial phase of healing, as your body begins to detoxify and your vital energy begins to repair and rebuild internal organs, you may experience headache, uneasiness, flu like symptoms and fatigue. This is called a Healing Crisis. You may feel worse before you feel better.

As you continue to improve, you may begin a process called retracing. For example, if you used to get skin rashes, the rashes may reappear or get worse for a short period as your body eliminates toxins through the skin.

You may also experience initial increase in urination, or you may feel more nervous. In actuality, you are not getting worse, you are actually getting better.

Eventually you will reach a plateau of better health. During the healing crisis, it is important to not suppress these temporary symptoms with drugs or the healing process may become interrupted.

How do a disease and healing crisis differ? Both look alike but take place under different circumstances. A disease crisis takes place on its own while using natural supplements brings about a healing crisis. Through improved lifestyle, proper diet and natural supplements, the body’s immune system gets stronger and eliminates old toxins, which form the healing crisis. In this situation, the immune system is overpowering the toxins. In a healing crisis, greater extent of therapy can be used as the body’s endurance is enhanced by the use of supplements. Building foods and tonics can be used if weakness exists. How long does a healing crisis last? Normally a positive change can be noticed in 7 – 10 days time. When natural supplements are used to flush out the toxins, the body may show it through boils, pains, itching, diarrhea, hemorrhage etc, the symptoms varying from person to person. This is not to be confused with side-effects associated with synthetic drugs. The body is getting better by eliminating the trouble causing toxins, which is the natural way. The time require for the body to recover will vary, depending on the condition of the patient and the nature of the disease.