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In the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, it says "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."  Mark Twain has been quoted as shortening that to say: "There is nothing new on earth, only new combinations." That is very true of how we try to revitalize our health, repair damage, or cure ailments of many maladies over time. We continue to deepen the old with newer technologies, newer techniques — some pretty cool stuff, actually! However, we are back to “what has been, will be again, etc. We are finding that things we thought at one time were outdated, have more value than we often give credit for. Our understanding and approach to these rich health restoration techniques, as well as modern medicine evolves over time.  

I’m particularly referring to acupuncture, herbal medicine, and nutrition. Acupuncture dates back over 3000-6000 years. The earliest detailed record of acupuncture as a structured method of diagnosis and therapy is found in The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, which dates back to approximately 100 BCE. Over time, the practice evolved further. Our understanding of how it works is fairly new. That it works is very old, well respected and has withstood the test of time. There have been many healing modalities introduced throughout history. The ones that didn’t work, fell by the wayside. The ones that did work, continue to this day. Acupuncture is one of them.  

Herbal medicine is another. Likely, herbal medicine has been around for as long as man has — at very least, tens of thousands of years. Even animals partake of herbs when sick. It’s instinct. The earliest records of herbal medicine date back to the Sumerians 5,000 years ago. That is written record, not use. Seeds used for herbal medicine were found in tombs in China and India dated 2500 BCE. Greece, Rome and Egypt systematized and organized herbs for medicine even earlier.  

Foods were medicine for as long. But we didn’t really have to worry about foods until the last hundred years. The age of mechanization and shelf life resulted in the destruction of the nutrient values of food, resulting in global malnutrition over time. I'm not referring to severe malnutrition like the pictures we see of starving children, but the lesser obvious sub-clinical malnutrition. 

As Dr. Royal Lee, a dentist in the early 1900s (discovered the role of processed foods and dental health, then whole body health) stated: "One of the biggest tragedies of human civilization is the precedence of chemical therapy over nutrition. It's the substitution of artificial therapy over natural, of poisons over food, in which we are feeding people poison in trying to correct the reactions of starvation." Jan. 12, 1951.  

Thomas Edison was quoted as saying: "Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favor compared with the products of nature, the living cell of the plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life." 

When evaluating methods of restoring health, consider what has worked for literally thousands of years — it works! 

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Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with over four decades of experience. Carling is a “Health Detective.” She looks beyond your symptom picture and investigates WHY you are experiencing your symptoms in the first place.

Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’Alene clinic. Visit Carling’s website at www.vitalhealthcda.com to learn more about Carling, view a list of upcoming health classes and read other informative articles.

Carling can be reached at 208-765-1994 and would be happy to answer any questions regarding this topic.