When the exact epicenter of the illness is deduced and removed the healing process seems almost magical and simple. When given the proper tools the body is quite capable of healing itself. Good healing is elegant and beautiful. In many cases of acute situations, such as a pet injured in an automobile accident, holistic treatment may involve aspects from conventional western technology such as surgery and drug therapy. These healing techniques are then combined with alternative techniques to provide a complementary whole.
Modern medicine has great value for severe trauma and certain infections.
It often out-performs other methodologies and we are lucky to have it. It is also at this time that one or more of the alternative treatment plans such as those listed in a later section are brought into use. Once the symptoms have been treated the task is not done until the underlying disease patterns have been redirected in a positive manner. The patient, as well as the owner, will be guided into a new level of health. We will have to figure out a way to prevent further exposure to automobiles in the case mentioned above.