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Open your heart and you will understand.. by Christian Semlitsch, Switzerland 08/22/2005, 4:22am PDT
Hi everybody

Patch Adams is a person who polarises - indeed.
But if you can say something is, that he is unique, he is real and he lives what he is talking about.
Show me

Well, how can someone say, he hates Patch?
I had the positive experience to get to know Patch personally.
And there is only one message to post:

"Open your heart and you will understand"

When your heart is not open to new ways of unerstanding, looking at a situation, a tradition, a profession, then you wont see the mistakes, the problems and you will never see the chances. It is a matter of your inner readyness to watch things differently - which is, as a matter of fact, one of the most important things for a medical doctor.

The way of patch is maybe not your way. Shouldn't be, of course. Patch teaches us how to solve mental problems in another way or shows at least that there are other ways that could be used to treat patients too. And this is extremely important in a time, where about 70-80 % of illness has a psychosomatic background.

Even the romans about 2000 years ago said - mens sana in corpore sano - which shows us the direct connection between body and spirit or psyche.

Even the Chinese saw the close connection between illness and mental status. More than 80% of Acupuncture points do have a direct impact on the human psyche. Even treating inner organs by herbal medicine has a direct impact on psychic or mental status.

... So maybe Patch can't be so wrong...

Christian Semlitsch
Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Switzerland

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Open your heart and you will understand.. by Christian Semlitsch, Switzerland 08/22/2005, 4:22am PDT NEW
    Your comments have been noted. The article is now under review. NT by mark 08/22/2005, 10:12am PDT NEW
    Will the heart opening be done by Patch or a non-quack? NT by laudablepuss 08/22/2005, 10:41am PDT NEW
        I'm thoroughly creeped out that someone googled Patch Adams. by casual observer 08/22/2005, 11:40am PDT NEW
            He's the latest in a long line of outraged Patch Adams googlers. NT by mark 08/22/2005, 11:49am PDT NEW
    I did, and only shit came out. Perhaps it was my colostomy bag instead? by Bill Dungsroman 08/22/2005, 5:11pm PDT NEW
        Re: I did, and only shit came out. Perhaps it was my colostomy bag instead? by FABIO 08/22/2005, 7:35pm PDT NEW
    In America, your last name sounds vaguely unsanitary. NT by I need clarification 08/22/2005, 7:01pm PDT NEW
 
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