Warm hands and feet, fever, inflammation, fatigue, (microbial) “infection,” decreased alertness, and parasympathetic nervous system dominance are key signs of the healing phase after resolving a biological conflict. The organism enters vagotonia, and tissue repair or restoration of function is underway.
Conventional medicine has long categorized illnesses into either “hot” or “cold” categories.
We now know, because of the discovery of the five biological laws of the Germanische Heilkunde, that in fact every special biological program begins with a “cold” phase and then moves into a “hot” phase (provided there is resolution of the biological conflict).
The medical designation of illnesses as either “cold” or “hot” illnesses facilitated the prescription of drugs:
- prescribe cooling drugs for a “hot” symptom
- prescribe warming drugs for a “cold” symptom
Even though we now know that the “hot” and “cold” diseases are actually results of either the healing (hot) phase or the conflict-active (cold) phase of a special biological program, we can continue to use this strategy:
- use warming (relaxing) activities, foods, substances to help calm ourselves during an active biological conflict so that we can gather enough rest and nourishment to solve our biological conflict
- use cooling (stimulating) activities, foods, and substances as hormetic stressors during a healing phase so that we can reduce intense pain and inflammation
Aside from “hot” and “cold” disease symptoms, there are cool and warm phases in our daily rhythm.
During the day, we are cooler, have less of an appetite, and are naturally more active.
During the night, we are warmer, have a greater appetite, and are naturally more relaxed.
All warming (or cooling) medications, therapies, foods, and activities act on the brain and nervous system, not directly on the psyche or body, as conventional medicine assumes. There is no such thing as a drug or therapy that “targets” particular cells or tissues in the body, or particular functions of the psyche.