Review: Learning to help your body heal itself
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
Dr. Scott Basto was graduated from the University of Virginia and Palmer College of Chiropractic and has practiced in the Healing Arts for 30 years with private practices in Florida, Hawaii and Colorado. He has studied with doctors, nutritionists and biochemists throughout the United States and Europe. The systems and procedures in this book are based on these studies and 30 years of clinical trials with patients.Though at first the nomenclature and diagrams in this book may be unsettling, allow your mind to flow with the congenial manner in which Dr. Basto delivers his concepts and by the end of the book the thoughts and organization of the methods taught here will seem comfortable and employable. According to Dr. Basto, `you can help yourself to reach that elevated state of health that you desire, and sustain it by identifying the underlying organ weaknesses that may exist in your body. Long before those weaknesses turn into harmful and debilitating disease processes which undermine the functions of your body, mind and spirit, there is the possibility of identifying small patterns of disturbance and dysfunction.'He opens his book with a description of his exposure as a Peace Corps worker in the jungle life in the Western Caroline Islands, observing how the natives could not only find the right foods to eat, but also repair physical defects with plants, and completely do without dentists and doctors! The natives used their environment for health maintenance, and Internal Health Maintenance is what this valuable little book is about. "The human body is very adaptive. It is continuously adjusting and repairing to compensate for internal and external environments. Often we block, with lifestyle, the body's efforts to repair. Internal Fitness explains how you can restore your body's pathway to repair and rejuvenation. With Internal Fitness, you use no equipment other than your own hands to elevate your state of health. You need no special clothing, no special room, no trainer, and no ideal weather conditions. You will use the Complaint Chart for evaluation, then, complete a Reflex Scan to identify problem areas. After this, the procedures take only minutes a day. You should, therefore, be able to incorporate this program without altering your lifestyle. I frequently recommend that the procedural segment of the program be performed in bed after retiring for the evening. Once you have memorized the procedure, you can perform it just before you go to sleep. In this way, you will not have to take time away from your busy schedule. These strengthening procedures use neurologic reflexes to trigger the repair and recovery mechanisms of your body.'Dr. Basto's unique system utilizes evaluation charts to determine your weakest system by identifying the viscerosomatic reflexes. These reflex points are then applied to the various Internal Health Systems to strengthen your weak body system: the Meridian Systems are Colon/Gall Bladder/Stomach/Ileocecal/Intestine/Kidney/Liver /Pancreas/Prostate/ Respiratory/ Uterus/ Adrenal/ and Cardiovascular Meridian Systems. He succinctly discusses diet and exercise, keeping it simple and sensible: bad habits to avoid (midnight snacks, cigarette smoking, skipping breakfast, etc), and good habits to pick up (hydration, exercise, eliminate candy bars and cookies, etc). There is so much more in this book directed and internal repair of our bodies and he covers more topics than are too briefly outlined here. It is a wise font of information, but the bets part of it is that it works - as he relates in many case studies. A fine investment for caring for your own well-being. Grady Harp, January 14