Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil Summary
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Discover your body's innate healing power in Dr. Andrew Weil's groundbreaking bestseller. Challenging medical pessimism with natural solutions, this "extraordinary" guide sparked the integrative medicine revolution. What if the most powerful healing system already exists within you?
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Your Body Already Knows the Answer
A nineteen-year-old woman wakes up covered in bruises she can't explain. Blood tests reveal her bone marrow has nearly stopped producing blood cells-only 2% of normal function remains. Six others on her island develop the same mysterious condition. All six die within months. Doctors send her home with no hope, telling her family to prepare for the inevitable. Yet six months later, she walks back into the clinic-fully recovered. Twenty years on, she's a naturopathic doctor, mother of four, teaching yoga and running marathons. What happened? Nothing miraculous-just the body's healing system doing what it was designed to do when given the right conditions. We live in an age of medical marvels, yet we've forgotten the most sophisticated healing technology ever created: the one operating inside us right now. Every second, specialized enzymes are repairing roughly 1 million DNA errors in each of your cells. Your plasma membranes are recycling damaged components. Your immune system is identifying and eliminating abnormal cells. This isn't metaphysical wishful thinking-it's documented biology that conventional medicine often overlooks in its rush toward pharmaceutical solutions. Think of your body as a self-healing skyscraper with repair crews working on every floor simultaneously, constantly maintaining and restoring without your awareness or permission.
The Multi-Level Architecture of Self-Repair and Radical Healing Stories
Two Medical Philosophies and the Wisdom in Your Own Backyard
What Blocks Your Body's Brilliance
Feeding the Healing System: Food, Toxins, and Natural Tonics
The Power of Belief, Breath, and Emotion in Healing
The Seven Strategies of Those Who Healed Themselves
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