The Healing Response also provides special sections on pain, including healing wounds and fractures, irritable bowel syndrome, fatigue and headaches. Following a clear and logical pattern, Dr. Loes provides examples of how applying his principles can work for individual patients. Each principle is accompanied by a metaphor to help explain Dr. Loes’ message.

The Healing Response (THR) is what your body does – its best effort – to get you better when you are threatened, in pain, or already ill. Your body assesses the resources you have and gives you as much healing response as you got. It gives you THR in as organized a way as your body can possibly muster. There are principles and laws behind THR. These are encompassed herein to serve as a guide for the discussion on how the layers of the THR are organized. There is a large body of loosely connected research that compel us to ask and answer whether a definition of THR is warranted. It also compels us to shape our hypotheses within a uniform philosophy that is both energetically and scientifically based.

Principle 1: Life (Vital Force) is God Given, but not necessarily God maintained; Free Choice Exists.
The Law: Build Vital Force & Health Ensues.

Principle 2: Dynamic & Specific Directional Flow of Vital Force Results in Homeostasis.
The Law: Enhance Directional Flow & Life Springs.

Principle 3: The Body will make every effort to preserve homodynamic and avoid stasis.
The Law: Rid Stasis & Healing Happens.

Principle 4: Diurnal, Lunar & Specific Seasonal Patterns of Energy Flow Exist.
The Law: Tune in and Synchronize to Your Healing Rhythms.

Principle 5: Intelligence is in the Cell.
The Law: Feed the Cell what it needs for Health.

Principle 6: The brain provides one Level, but not the only level of support to the cell.
The Law: Open all Lines Communicating to the Cell – Vital Exchange Occurs.

Principle 7: Our beliefs create a unique biology within us which creates behavior. It is an equilibrium. Equally true is that behavior creates biology creates beliefs.
The Law: Optimize Healthy Beliefs & Behaviors. Expect Speedy Healing.

Principle 8: Environment Induces Gene Expression.
The Law: Live in a Healthy Environment and Protect against Oxidative Stress.

Principle 9: Toxins exist internally & externally which assault our structural integrity. Our physical & energetic body must constantly rebuild, shield and actively defend itself.
The Law: Enhance , Build & Defense the Fortress to Augment the Healing Response.

Principle 10: Connectedness to God Positive Influences Your Health and Rate of Aging.
The Law: Seek God and Pray without Ceasing.

The Ten Principles & Laws of Healing: Enhance the Healing Response is offered as a potential new prism through which to view and treat any injury, sickness, or smoldering illness, especially chronic pain – whether it be physical, mental emotional or spiritual. Our goal as physicians is help patients attain Salubrity – “a state of enviable health”.