Our body is designed with the intelligence that enables it to self-regulate and self-repair at all times, without our conscious effort (for example when we are sleeping). It knows exactly what it needs - how much nutrients, water, and what hormones to secrete to protect us when it detects danger, or to make us happy when we accomplished something. Nevertheless, due to exposure to the environment in our daily lives has been conditioned to adapt to external demands and survival needs), these natural healing and self-balancing mechanism has been compromised.  This creates a gap which in turn creates stress in our body which then manifests into symptoms at any level - physical, emotional, mental or spiritual.  When we seek an expert to help with the surface symptoms, the advise is given from the perspective of how to "eliminate" the symptoms, based on the person's knowledge and expertise and not from your body or story that led to that symptom.  Having said that, it is of utmost important for true healing to take place is to listen to your own body to resolve the cause, while taking the expert advise is to ease the current discomfort.