Within complementary medicine, there is generally the conviction that the answer to the above is negative in the event of any suppressive treatment. In complementary medicine, we do that differently. Or is it not (always) possible?
When we claim holistically, we do not apply ‘vademecum’ medicine, ‘this or that herbal preparation for that or that complaint’, but we think in context and hierarchy. We try to work as much as possible causally. If a patient is suffering from gastric acid, we want to know what the complaint is about. Suppose that the stomach acid complaints are associated with a disturbed function of the Nervus Vagus (10th brain nerve), we should take our treatment at this hierarchically higher level.
Pitfall:
In adults who, according to the HTMA analysis, have a “fast oxidation” we should be aware of a pitfall that is in line with the foregoing.
It is apparent that these people have a so-called sympathetic dominance. Characteristic of that condition is that people function “above their level”. Many basic information is suppressed in the interests of ‘survival’. There is a risk that these patients will not be relieved of natural remedies, and the symptoms will be reduced in the context of coherence and hierarchy. The treatment seems successful while still and perhaps even more in the sympathetic dominant mode. They continue to interfere with their reserves, accelerate aging you could say, and stifle a crash (eg. chronic degenerative diseases).
In adults with a rapid oxidation HTMA profile it is very important to do an additional 72-hour HRV measurement. That is the only way to find out whether there is a sympathetic dominance and that only exists during the day or possibly even at night (main recovery time). It’s also the way to find out how the N. vagus works (average heart rate variation in the night).
Below is an example of a 24-hour HRV profile. RMSSD stands for the average HRV. There is a very low HRV at night for the person, this is the same as during the day. A classic example of a serious sympathetic dominance.
