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Orthodox Medicine, interventionism and symptom suppression |
 | | The ability of the body to resist disease and heal is said to be due to the body's own innate vitality, vital energy, vital force, vis medicatrix naturae (5, 7, 9, 12, 35), or the inherent "wisdom of the body" (12). |
 | | Since the starting point for orthodox medicine is not the study of normality or optimum health (11) but rather the study of disease (9), this form of medicine could not be considered to be fundamentally cause based. |
 | | If for instance, heart disease is caused by deficiencies of folate or vitamin B6 (see Health Trends or B Vitamins), then the effectiveness of traditional medical therapies for heart disease must depend upon their ability to suppress signs and symptoms of these deficiencies. |
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