Autoimmune disorders
occur when your immune system attacks your own body cells or tissues, instead
of the foreign invaders from the outside. In other words, your dysfunctional
immune system results in the occurrence of autoimmune diseases, which plague millions
of Americans. Worse, there are over one hundred types of such disorders, which
come in many different forms affecting many different organs and tissues.
Unfortunately, there
is no known cure for any autoimmune disorder because the causes are still medically
unknown: it could be due to genes, the toxic metals in the environment, the
lifestyle, and a host of other factors contributing to the complications of
autoimmunity.
As of now, the medical
community strives to control the symptoms of autoimmune disorders using immune
suppressants. Essentially, they are drugs to suppress the overactive immune
system. The objectives of such treatment are to alleviate the many symptoms and
to slow down the disease progression. This mainstay of treatment is not only
ineffective for many autoimmune diseases but also dangerous for the patient. By
suppressing the potency of the autoimmune system, these immune suppressants may
increase the risks for infections and cancer.
Most of these new
drugs targeting specific immune cells are synthetic corticosteroids. They might
be able to control some of the disease symptoms, but at the expense of creating
many more chemical toxins that will only further make the immune system
dysfunctional.
So, what should one do
about the autoimmune disease if one happens to be diagnosed with one?
From my own experience
(More than 3 decades ago, I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, one of the autoimmune diseases), a holistic
approach is the only option. But before you can do that, you must have the
right mindset, which is the ancient wisdom of TAO, because any healing begins
with the mind and not the body.
Stephen Lau
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