A medical practice that won't interfere with the body's natural healing process by Linda C. Puig onventional medicine's obsession with suppressing infectious disease or eradicating it through vaccinations may end up hurting us and our children more than we know, according to Dr. Philip Incao, a medical doctor from Denver. According to Incao, infectious diseases whether a stomach flu, measles or bronchitis help our bodies to discharge. And this discharge of energy is critical to achieving a necessary balance in the body. Without the discharge, our bodies end up storing and internalizing disease, leading to a greater incidence of chronic disease. Incao practices what is known as anthroposophic medicine, a form of holistic medicine little known in the United States but far more widely appreciated and used in Europe.
Anthroposophic medicine looks at illness as an opportunity for new balance and self development.
1010 Old Highway 101. There are about 50 practitioners in the United States, all M.D.s or D.O.s, plus many nurses and adjunctive therapists. In European countries there are thousands of such practitioners, plus several hospitals in Germany and Switzerland devoted exclusively to anthroposophic medicine. It is that balance between the tendency to discharge and the tendency to internalize, or store, that must be maintained, Incao says. That's why he advocates against heavy antibiotic use and virtually all vaccinations.