Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Medicine views the body as both the instrument of healing and the source of illness.
- In plain terms
- The body is used to cure and can also be the cause of sickness.
- What can you take from it?
- Health depends on how we treat our physical vessel.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your body signal health or sickness?
- What role does the body play in your healing?
Another view
It oversimplifies complex pathologies that may not respond to bodily regulation.
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