Understanding Venom, Fear, and the Body’s Healing Intelligence – Why Adding More Poison Is Not the Answer
Disclaimer: This article is provided for educational purposes only and reflects a Natural Hygiene (Terrain Model) perspective on health and nutrition. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any condition, and does not constitute veterinary or medical advice. The views expressed are independent of the conventional medical or veterinary industry, and all decisions regarding animal care or personal health care are the responsibility of the owner/individual.
Question:
What would you do if you got bitten by a venomous snake like a rattlesnake or cottonmouth? What are your thoughts on anti-venom injections from the hospital? Would you use natural remedies like pulling salves or get medically treatment?
Answer:
I would fast and go to bed. If the body has been exposed to one poison, there is no benefit to be had by adding a second poison, or a third or fourth. Since antivenom just injects more poison into a poisoned body to stop the symptoms created by the body from eliminating the first poison, there is really no benefit to adding that poison.
All natural remedies would make a healthy body sick. Why would they have any benefit to a sick body? Two wrongs don’t make a right. We cannot poison a poisoned body back to health.
As soon as a toxin or poison enters the body, our body immediately takes action against the toxin or poison. Immediately upon getting bitten, our body is already taking action to remove the snake venom, repair the tissues, and heal itself.
The body takes action against the anti-venom. The body takes action against the salve. The body takes action against the natural remedy. All action requires energy. Would you rather your body concentrate its energy on removing the snake venom, or divide its energy between the venom, the poison from the anti-venom, the poison from the salve, and the poison from the natural remedies?
Personally, I would rather fast and rest so the body can get the snake venom out as quickly as possible without having to squander its energy to take action elsewhere.
On a side note, here is a picture of one of the Agkistrodon piscivorus (Venemous Northern Cottonmouth) I relocated from my front steps last spring. Snakes are fascinating, its too bad that humans have created so much fear around them. If we could stop freaking out about things for a moment we could probably make life much nicer for ourselves and all the creatures we were charged to protect.
If this perspective challenges what you have been taught about emergency care, it will help to understand the broader principles behind it. You may want to read Healing Stories – Broken Bones, Severe Injuries and Fasting to see how the body repairs even dramatic trauma when given rest and proper conditions:
https://www.therawkey.com/healing-stories-broken-bones-severe-injuries-and-fasting/
For a deeper look at medical interventions that introduce foreign substances into the bloodstream, see Blood Transfusions:
https://www.therawkey.com/blood-transfusions/
And to understand why intravenous fluids are not as neutral as they appear, read The Dangers of Saline Drips:
https://www.therawkey.com/the-dangers-of-saline-drips/
All of these articles build on the same foundation: the body is the healer, and our role is to remove obstacles rather than introduce new burdens. If you want a deeper understanding of how and why the body initiates crises in the first place, read The Nature and Purpose of Disease – Part 1:
https://www.therawkey.com/the-nature-and-purpose-of-disease/
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