The Dangers of the Suppression of Disease

The Anatomy of Disease

Many have been taught that disease is something that happens by chance and that there is no rhyme or reason for a person falling ill. In the case of cancer, many believe that it is no different from a person being involved in a car accident… just a case of bad luck. Cold and flu-like symptoms are blamed on the infamous virus that could take our life at any moment. Our society is driven and controlled by fear in regards to health and the inner workings of the human body. We have been taught that our bodies are defenseless and need toxic drugs to act on its behalf to protect it from unknown microbes in the world that may harm us.

Yet, nature has and will always take care of itself, and that includes the human body. The body is a self-preserving, self-healing, magnificent organism. Disease does not happen to the body, the body produces them in an attempt to cleanse itself of toxic waste. During metabolism cells are

Dangers of Symptom Suppression

broken down and rebuilt, cells also produce their own waste from daily functions; both of these actions produce what is called, cellular waste that makes up most of the body’s toxic load. There are also toxicities that are brought into our bodies from the outside world by what we eat, drink, breathe, and put on our skin.

So what does this have to do with disease? The waste that is produced within the body and the waste that is brought into the body are acidic in nature; acids are corrosive and destructive. These acids must be eliminated from the body and when they are not eliminated efficiently, the body produces symptoms in an attempt to increase elimination.

Examining common symptoms, it is easy to see what the body is attempting to accomplish. Fever is the body’s way of eliminating waste through the skin. A runny nose and cough are elimination through the nose and respiratory system. Diarrhea is elimination through the bowels. Even some tumors have been said to be the result of the body attempting to isolate toxins to keep them away from healthy cells.

What is Suppression?

Suppression of symptoms is anything that stops these elimination or purging acts of the body. Suppression of disease is not only found in the medical community but can also be seen in the natural health community as well. This includes the improper use of herbs, natural supplements, and anything else that suppresses these symptoms instead of assisting the body in elimination.

Why Does Suppression Eliminate Symptoms?

When the body begins to exhibit signs of elimination, the first thing that one should do is eliminate as many things that are contributing to their toxic load. This is not what the normal person does. If someone loses their appetite, we force feed them. If they are running a temperature, we give them medications and feed them chemical laden chicken soup.

These things work because they add to the person’s toxic load and stop the body’s natural detoxification process. The body uses energy to produce symptoms and that is why a person that is sick is often tired. When new toxins are added to the body, they body’s energy is weakened and symptoms subside until the body is ready to attempt to purge itself once again.

Effects of Disease Suppression

The general effects of disease suppression according to Dr. Herbert Shelton are:

1. To lengthen the course and severity of the disease and build complications.

2. To lock up the poisons in the system and these, with the drug poisons added, produce chronic disease.

3. To kill the patient

Suppression of disease is the suppression of the body’s healing efforts. When the body’s healing efforts are suppressed, toxicity in the body builds. This is no different from a water pipe that begins to crack due to excessive water pressure. Suppression would be putting a band-aid over the crack. Without stopping the water that is causing the cracking, the crack is unable to be fixed and will only continue to worsen until the point of no return.

Suppression of symptoms stops detoxification, poisons the body, increases the toxic load, and weakens and damages cells. When cells become weakened, they begin to malfunction. In a toxic body as such, cells begin to die faster than they can be replaced, and they cells that are replaced are replaced with weaker cells. This all leads to degenerative disease and finally death. What you suppress today may very well be your death tomorrow.