The 5 Biological Laws

1. Every symptom begins with a biological conflict

   A sudden event, faced alone, with no way out. The process starts there, and the starting point is always that one.

2. Every biological process has two phases

   An active one, while the conflict is going on, and a repair one, once it has been resolved. Fever and inflammation turn up in the second, when the body is already repairing.

3. Every tissue has its own language

   Endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm: three families of tissue, three ways of reacting. It is the germ layer that says whether an organ grows or wears away, and in which phase.

4. Microbes do not cause illness

   Fungi, mycobacteria and bacteria clear away what is no longer needed; viruses help rebuild. They do not come first: the body calls them in when repair begins.

5. Nothing is without meaning

   Every biological programme has a purpose. Nature does not make mistakes: what we call illness is a process with a beginning, an end and a direction.

Taken together, the five laws help you see where a symptom comes from and how far along it is. They are not a therapy.