Medical personnel find it hard to believe in treatments that don't emphasize medication diet or exercise. We have a hard time with prescriptions for the unseen. After all, what would be the dosage, or the milligram strength? And what might the side effects be? How might you treat an overdose?
Albert Einstein, one of the most noted thinkers of this century, reminds us that "Not everything that can that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." In other words, we in medicine need to get over ourselves.
In over two decades of explore on spirituality and health, 84% of the studies were associated with a clinical advantage to the participants. Over 60 healing schools now have the spirituality program in their healing training. Here are five different spirituality prescriptions that you should dispense to your patients.
- Think about it,
- Write it down,
- Pass it around,
- Get on your knees,
- Smile
Think about it
Everyone says "Don't just sit there, do something ", when it should be "Don't just do something, sit there!" Studies on meditation have shown ensue in diseases as varied as psoriasis, heart disease, and lasting pain syndromes. At Ucla healing Center, meditation tapes when presented to patients with hypertension yielded a 73% allowance in medication with 50% of the patients being able to stop medications altogether.
Write it down
Journaling has been found to have a strong influence on patient's health. A study by Smith in the Annals of Internal medicine revealed safe bet results that lasted long after the study was completed in patients with emphysema and rheumatoid arthritis. In this study, the patients were instructed to journal for fifteen minutes a day about their concerns and fears about their disease. The safe bet effects of journaling were documented on both pulmonary function tests and on blinded evaluation by a rheumatologist, respectively.
Pass it around
Altruism has the potential to make you healthy. In a study done by the University of Michigan, 1200 retirees were evaluated. 1/3 of these retirees donated time to charitable organizations or activities. Those who donated 40 hours per year to a particular cause were 40% more likely to be alive at the end of the eight year study. However, if they participated in several projects, which totaled up to 40 hours, they saw no such benefits. Thus, be altruistic, but be dedicated to a cause.
Get on your knees
Did you hear the joke about the dyslectic agnostic insomniac?
He would lay awake at night wondering either there was a dog.
Don't wonder any longer. Worship does help prolong your lives. A study done at Duke University revealed that population aged over 64 who attended to church weekly were 46% less likely to die than irregular attendees over the six year study It has also been found that patients who lack social participation or religious compel are at a higher rate of complications and death post cardiac surgery. Blood pressure, lung disease, and heart disease have all been found to be inversely associated to participation in religious activities. Even more spectacular, are the studies on distance prayer which show that population of varied religions praying for you without your knowledge can have an impact on your well being.
Smile
Being optimistic can also prolong your life. Just remember the Buddhist of the hot dog stand who asked "Make me one with everything."
You must embrace the world. Studies at the Mayo Clinic indicated that pessimists had increased risk factors for premature death, lower overall level of health, more use of healing resources, and higher healing costs. An spectacular, fact from Internal medicine News indicated that pessimism worsened pulmonary function tests, with pessimism showing the equivalent to a twenty pack year smoking history!
Choose the Pollyanna prescription. Find something good in every bad event.
Your prescribe for this month: think about it, write it down, pass it around, get on your knees, and smile.
Imagine that? No, believe it!
Patricia L Raymond Md Facp Facg
Annals Of Surgery:belief Relief: imagine That?
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