The focus on symptom suppression means that we continue with a mechanistic and very reductionist way of viewing the health of our bodies and therefore by default only try to find a solution symptom itself for example, the pain we are experiencing etc. This happens in not only medicine but also in the alternative health field, for instance, the taking of anti inflammatory supplements to manage the pain of a joint for example rather than looking for and at the underlying cause. The expression of symptoms is vital for us to understand not only that we should change, but also gives us a chance to really get in touch with our body and consider the environment we are expecting it to thrive in. The short term solution of suppressing the symptom, taking a painkiller and anti inflammatory supplement and carrying on, leads to increased adaptation of the body moving itself increasingly to towards the state of wider dis-ease. Ignorance isn’t bliss in the long run. These dashboard indicators give us chance to change, to look at ourselves and consider not only is the diet right, but is your lifestyle giving you your optimal health.
