Slow Medicine

Slow medicine can be thought of as the anti-thesis of a “quick fix”. Quick fixes overlook the root cause of an illness, disregarding the interconnectedness of the body and the mind.

Slow medicine takes the time to slow down, listen to cues that the body is providing and ask thoughtful questions.

People often want a quick-fix, a pill they can swallow or an herb which will miraculously cure all of their symptoms. Unfortunately this isn’t usually how healing works.
Just as disease progression takes time, regression from a state of illness to health takes time also. It requires that one is dedicated to their own cause - getting better - and is willing to put in the work.

When we slow down we become more present and are better able to identify what our bodies really need. We are able to look at “getting better” not as a race, but as a journey.

When we think of slowing down, relaxation comes to mind. Wouldn’t healing come sooner to one who is relaxed?

“Time passed extremely slowly, as time should pass, with the days lingering and long, spacious and free as the summers of childhood.” - Edward Abbey.