Our bodies have the innate capacity to heal themselves. This core principle
serves to guide the fundamental teachings and practices of a diverse array of
systems of healing, including Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, chiropractic,
osteopathy, homeopathy, naturopathy, energy healing, and shamanism.
Conventional western medicine, however, remains the only field of medicine
that has yet to embrace this core teaching as a basis for its medical
education, training and practice.
In pediatric health care, and in Dr. Palevsky’s clinical practice, the art of
applying the core principle that children have the innate capacity to heal is
what makes the holistic approach an advantage for ultimate healing and the
maintenance of optimal health. It is Dr. Palevsky’s professional belief that
children need to experience symptoms in order for their bodies to heal and
stay well. Dr. Palevsky believes that wellness in children can be successfully
restored and maintained if we stop suppressing the symptoms they express
during their acute and chronic illnesses.
Acute symptoms, such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, cough, runny nose,
mucus production and wheezing, are all important ways in which children
discharge stored accumulations of wastes or toxins from their bodies. These
toxins enter and are stored in their bodies from repeated exposures to in
utero, air, food, water, skin, nervous system stress, and injected materials,
that for whatever reason, don’t easily exit their bodies through the normal
means of detoxification. These toxins are too irritating to children’s bodies
and must be removed. Eventually, a critical level of the toxins is reached,
and children get sick with symptoms to purge them. Children, therefore,
must be allowed to be sick, in order for them to get well.
In his practice, Dr. Palevsky encourages parents to allow children to express
their symptoms when they’re sick. No one wants children to “feel” sick.
Parents can learn to use remedies, however, that help children feel better
and heal more effectively, without altering the important physiology which is
helping them cleanse their systems. Letting children have their symptoms,
without suppressing them, can be a challenging process both for parents and
health care practitioners. We often come face-to-face with our own
discomfort when children experience discomfort from their illnesses. It’s hard
for us to watch them “suffer”, so we reflexively give them something to bring
immediate relief. This reflexive response to suppress their symptoms,
however, weakens them and delays their healing process.
Dr. Palevsky strives to educate families to avoid most over-the-counter
medicines and antibiotics, which are sadly overused and abused, and which
ultimately hinder the healing process, and inhibit children from purging the
toxins on their own. The very existence of pediatric chronic illness means
that children have lost their ability to successfully remove the toxins inside
their bodies. As a result, these toxins accumulate and lead to the
development of the symptoms of chronic illness. Through the effects of
conventional pharmaceutical and vaccine interventions, these children have
also been weakened from being able to tolerate even the simplest of
stressors in their environments.
In his practice, Dr. Palevsky works with families to remove the known, and
as-yet-to-be identified interferences, which are stopping children from
harnessing their innate natural healing abilities. Opportunities to advance
children’s health may include changes in nutrition, lifestyle, parenting and
education; the use of supplements, essential oils or herbs; a reduction in
their stress levels; and referrals to homeopaths, acupuncturists,
chiropractors and/ or other health professionals.
Dr. Palevsky’s job is to observe the symptoms children experience, permit
the process to unfold on its own, and intervene when necessary to make
them more comfortable. His primary role is to partner with the children’s
parents to make sure the necessary healing process is underway. Ultimately,
the goals in prevention and treatment are to ensure that we respect the
innate capacity that children have to heal.
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“I love Larry…..he is a visionary.” Leslie N., R.N. |
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