Summary

Modern medicine, according to Dr. Larry Malerba, has perfected the short-term technical repair of the physical body at the expense of the long-term emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of the whole person. InGreen Medicine, he examines this issue and provides a conceptual foundation and valuable guide for those who seek deeper and more lasting healing. Using laypersonrs"s language, the author draws on a rich range of fields-including physics, philosophy, Jungianism, shamanism, alchemy, dream theory, Eastern thought, Western esotericism, and orthodox medicine-to create a green medical paradigm that represents a powerful synthesis of medical inclusivity. Dr. Malerba interweaves case histories from his own practice with the latest research in the fields of alternative and traditional Western medicine. He addresses a wealth of timely questions: Do pharmaceutical drugs create more problems than they solve? Is our current vaccination policy effective? How can conventional doctors and spiritual healers begin to work together? How can readers transform corporate medicine by becoming educated participants in their own healthcare?Green Medicineoffers a practical and philosophical basis for building a viable green alternative that draws on the inherent unity of body, heart, mind, and soul.

Author Biography

Larry Malerba, DO, has been a practitioner, educator, and leader in the field of holistic medicine for more than twenty years. He is Clinical Assistant Professor at New York Medical College, is board certified in Homeotherapeutics, and is a frequent lecturer at Albany Medical College, the Albany College of Pharmacy, and the SUNY Utica Nursing Program. He is the author of numerous articles in alternative medical journals—including the American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine (where he was assistant editor from 2002–2006) and the New England Journal of Homeopathy—and has held positions as president (Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York), vice president (American Institute of Homeopathy), and board member of various conventional and homeopathic organizations. In addition, Dr. Malerba has edited journals and newsletters, organized conferences, created educational programs for a variety of organizations, and appeared on TV and radio programs including National Public Radio and Vox Pop. He lives and maintains a private practice in upstate New York.

Introduction	p. 1
Some Personal Background	p. 5
The Unifying Life Force	p. 15
Connecting the Dots	p. 15
Cross-Cultural Conceptions of Life Energy	p. 25
May the Vital Force Be With You	p. 30
Innate Healing Intelligence	p. 35
A Case of Midlife Sciatica	p. 35
Bioenergetic Defense Mechanism	p. 38
Shooting the Symptomatic Messenger	p. 41
Innate Capacity to Heal	p. 43
The Intangible Nature of Disease	p. 48
Historical and Spiritual Roots	p. 53
Orthodox Medical History	p. 53
Forgotten Medical History	p. 56
Asklepian Healing	p. 59
Science versus Religion	p. 63
Lost Continents	p. 67
Shamanic Journey to the Soul	p. 71
Left versus Right	p. 71
Spiritual Reality	p. 73
Darkness and Light	p. 78
Soul Loss	p. 82
A Case of Narcoleptic Fog	p. 87
Personal Soul Quest	p. 88
Perceiving the Natural Order	p. 93
Symptomatic Hierarchy	p. 93
The Body-Heart-Mind-Soul Continuum	p. 97
Directionality of Disease	p. 101
A Case of Crohn's Disease	p. 106
Limitations of Medical Materialism	p. 109
Normal Science	p. 109
Science as Myth	p. 112
A Case of a Broken Heart	p. 115
Objectivity, Bias, and Anomaly	p. 118
Crisis, Epiphany, and Revolution	p. 120
Abstraction, Fragmentation, and Dissociation	p. 122
The Synchronistic Milieu	p. 131
Numerological Considerations	p. 131
Reconsidering Coincidence	p. 133
Cause and Effect Defect	p. 136
Physics and Metaphysics	p. 139
A Hair-Raising Experience	p. 144
Psychic Storehouse	p. 146
Synchronicity and Science	p. 148
An Eastern Influence	p. 151
Advice and Dissent	p. 157
Propaganda and Politics	p. 157
Fear and the Denial of Death	p. 162
Language and Professional Control	p. 168
Education and Empowerment	p. 172
The External Enemy	p. 177
The Objectifying Ego	p. 177
Symptoms as Imaginary Enemies	p. 179
Diagnostic Distraction	p. 181
Germ Warfare	p. 184
Maintaining the Terrain	p. 188
The Futility of War	p. 193
Fictional Interlude: The Annual Checkup	p. 197
Cultural Medicalization	p. 201
Medical-Industrial Origins	p. 201
Dissenter's Dilemma	p. 204
Redefining Disease	p. 206
Commodification of Medicine	p. 208
The Sickness of Society	p. 211
The Illusion of Cure	p. 215
Some Brief Case Histories	p. 215
Conventional Iatrogenesis	p. 219
Unacknowledged Iatrogenesis	p. 222
Clarifying Medical Outcomes	p. 226
The Lessons of Suppression	p. 228
Spiritual Illness	p. 233
A Composite Pediatric History	p. 236
Creating Chronicity	p. 238
The Sanctity of Science	p. 243
Medicine as Religion	p. 243
Medical Fundamentalism	p. 246
Sacramental Assault on the Immune System	p. 250
Church and State Adjudicate	p. 255
Natural Immunity	p. 259
Healing the Rift	p. 263
Two Peas in a Pod	p. 264
The Evolution of Consciousness	p. 266
Strengths and Weaknesses of Medicine	p. 270
A Case of Lyme Disease	p. 273
Recovering the Feminine	p. 275
Mythic Substantiation	p. 280
The Direction of Cure	p. 287
Reductionism and Empiricism	p. 287
Process and Cure	p. 290
A Case of Asthma and Infidelity	p. 295
The Nature of Healing	p. 299
The Sacred Dimension of Healing	p. 302
The Alchemical Key	p. 305
Achilles Heal	p. 305
The Mysterious Science	p. 307
The Green Elixir	p. 311
An Oil-Induced Itch	p. 314
The Science of Similars	p. 315
Liberating Essence from Matter	p. 318
A Personal Connection	p. 320
Nanopharmacological Biomimicry	p. 321
The Case of the Powerful Wolverine	p. 323
Paradoxical Parallels	p. 324
A Case of Collegiate Cold Feet	p. 328
Wounded Healers	p. 329
Renewable Healing Resources	p. 333
The Electromagnetic Universe	p. 333
Secret Knowledge	p. 354
Pattern and Purpose	p. 339
The Entropic Illusion	p. 344
Tuning In	p. 345
Honoring the Ancestors	p. 349
Dreams and Dreamers	p. 350
Greener Medical Pastures	p. 359
Old School	p. 359
New School	p. 365
Green School	p. 371
Epigraph Credits and Permissions	p. 377
Notes	p. 381
Bibliography	p. 387
Image Credits and Permissions	p. 391
Index	p. 393
About the Author	p. 403
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