Papers by Tracy D Kolenchuk
A Spanish translation of the paper Theory of Cure, 2023 Update.
Healing, caring, and curing are the three main processes to address illness and disease. This pap... more Healing, caring, and curing are the three main processes to address illness and disease. This paper provides clear definitions of heal, care, and cure, that enable exploration of the concepts, providing a framework for understanding and distinguishing between the three.
We unconsciously heal and repair damage to body, mind, spirits, and communities. Care is a conscious act of community members to aid others - who might be ill or simply in need of attention and assistance. To cure is to address the cause of an illness, which might be present in the patient’s diet, body, mind, spirits, communities, or environments. These three processes; healing, caring and curing, exist on a scale where each action we undertake might have some aspects of all three. Sometimes caring heals damage, sometimes caring cures illness by addressing the cause, sometimes healing addresses causes, producing a cure and sometimes curing heals damage.
Most cures are trivial, not requiring medical attention. The examples used in this paper are trivial illnesses, with the assumption that elementary illnesses can be combined to conceptualize and understand more complex diseases and their cures.
This paper is an updated version of the Theory of Cure. The primary difference between this versi... more This paper is an updated version of the Theory of Cure. The primary difference between this version of the theory and prior versions is the clarification of the distinction between attribute and causal illnesses and thus between attribute and causal cures.
A theoretical analysis of the concept of cure for various causes of illness.
This paper is a twelve page summary of the concepts contained in the book A New Theory of Cure. B... more This paper is a twelve page summary of the concepts contained in the book A New Theory of Cure. Beginning with the concept of a single element of illness, having a single cause, it constructs the entire constellation of diseases, from acute diseases to complex, compound, and chronic diseases. Cure is to address the cause - one cause, one element of illness at a time.
This is a revised version of the paper originally published as A Definition and Exploration of Cu... more This is a revised version of the paper originally published as A Definition and Exploration of Cure. The revision completed on March 30, 2020, brings the paper into coordination of concepts published in the paper A Theory of Cure, most specifically, the inclusion of the concept of PRESENT CURE required to cure any illness.
A Theory of Cure
Cure, cures, curing, and cured are poorly defined in both conventional and all current alternativ... more Cure, cures, curing, and cured are poorly defined in both conventional and all current alternative medical practices. There is no general theory of cure, much less a theory of cure that is accepted by various medical practitioners. This paper presents the foundation of a theory of cure, beginning with elementary illnesses and laying a framework to understand and cure compound illnesses, and to recognize cures when the occur or are achieved.
Cure and cured are not defined medically or scientifically for most diseases. At present, medical... more Cure and cured are not defined medically or scientifically for most diseases. At present, medical tests for cured only exist for some communicable diseases.
This paper discusses the current definitions of cure and proposes a comprehensive definition of cure all illnesses, diseases and medical conditions that can be cured.
This paper has been updated with the concepts of PRESENT CAUSE in the revised paper, titled A Definition and Exploration of Cure - Update March 30 2020
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A Theory of Cure
The material is an excerpt of the book A Theory of Cure, a comprehensive theory of illness and cu... more The material is an excerpt of the book A Theory of Cure, a comprehensive theory of illness and cure covering every curable illness and disease. It is a product of several years of research that has taken many directions, explored many concepts, and resulted in several publications. It is an expansion and update of the research paper A Theory of Cure, first published in November 2019, based on the concepts published in the book: The Science of Cure, and the paper A Definition and Exploration of Cure, Kolenchuk, 2018. The foundation for these concepts comes from studies of Healthicine: The Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness which studies health beyond the current concepts of medicine and alternative medicine. My understanding of cure continues to evolve.
The original version of the paper A Theory of Cure, published on Academia.edu, has been updated twice since its first publication. The most critical updates relate to the concept of present cause or cure cause. The cure cause of an illness is the present cause of negative signs and symptoms that, when addressed, leads to a cure. It is sometimes confused it a concept of root cause – which today is poorly defined.
My intentions are not to dismiss the actions of any doctor or medical scientist. My life has been saved more than once by conventional medical staff. I have also been cured, on more than one occasion, by an alternative medical practitioner, and more often by natural healthiness. I have learned firsthand that the best cures for most illnesses are to improve the health of the patient, a factor more in the patient’s control, than the doctor’s. Doctors can facilitate curing but are rarely solely responsible for a cure and are not involved in most cures. Most cures are trivial, unnoticed, undocumented.
Many diseases are compound and complex, having many present causes – many cure causes, each of which needs to be addressed to provide a disease cure. As a result of this, most diseases are considered incurable.
I am certain this material has errors and omissions and look forward with anticipation to future additions, corrections, and further developments.
Drafts by Tracy D Kolenchuk
Since the 1700s, many authors have tried to find and write about the cure for scurvy. Today, the ... more Since the 1700s, many authors have tried to find and write about the cure for scurvy. Today, the cure seems trivial, however, at present, no authoritative medical text recommends a cure for scurvy. Instead, they recommend "treatment" with Vitamin C supplements. What's the difference between a treatment and a cure? Cure is not medically defined for scurvy. There is no medical test of scurvy cured. So no text can recommend a cure for scurvy.
This paper clearly defines the concept of "cure" and then examines many variations of scurvy, each of which might be cured by many different actions. Through this exploration we gain a more comprehensive understanding of scurvy and of cure.
Today, no medical theory or practice has a clear definition of cure, cures, curing and cured, muc... more Today, no medical theory or practice has a clear definition of cure, cures, curing and cured, much less a comprehensive definition covering all curable types of illness and disease. This paper summarizes the concepts of cure published in the book A New Theory of Cure, providing a comprehensive theory of causes and cures for all types of curable illness. Cure is based on cause. We begin by defining and analyzing an elementary illness, having a single cause, cured by addressing that cause. The causal concepts are explored and expanded to encompass acute, compound, complex, chronic, and repeating causes of illness.
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Papers by Tracy D Kolenchuk
We unconsciously heal and repair damage to body, mind, spirits, and communities. Care is a conscious act of community members to aid others - who might be ill or simply in need of attention and assistance. To cure is to address the cause of an illness, which might be present in the patient’s diet, body, mind, spirits, communities, or environments. These three processes; healing, caring and curing, exist on a scale where each action we undertake might have some aspects of all three. Sometimes caring heals damage, sometimes caring cures illness by addressing the cause, sometimes healing addresses causes, producing a cure and sometimes curing heals damage.
Most cures are trivial, not requiring medical attention. The examples used in this paper are trivial illnesses, with the assumption that elementary illnesses can be combined to conceptualize and understand more complex diseases and their cures.
This paper discusses the current definitions of cure and proposes a comprehensive definition of cure all illnesses, diseases and medical conditions that can be cured.
This paper has been updated with the concepts of PRESENT CAUSE in the revised paper, titled A Definition and Exploration of Cure - Update March 30 2020
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The original version of the paper A Theory of Cure, published on Academia.edu, has been updated twice since its first publication. The most critical updates relate to the concept of present cause or cure cause. The cure cause of an illness is the present cause of negative signs and symptoms that, when addressed, leads to a cure. It is sometimes confused it a concept of root cause – which today is poorly defined.
My intentions are not to dismiss the actions of any doctor or medical scientist. My life has been saved more than once by conventional medical staff. I have also been cured, on more than one occasion, by an alternative medical practitioner, and more often by natural healthiness. I have learned firsthand that the best cures for most illnesses are to improve the health of the patient, a factor more in the patient’s control, than the doctor’s. Doctors can facilitate curing but are rarely solely responsible for a cure and are not involved in most cures. Most cures are trivial, unnoticed, undocumented.
Many diseases are compound and complex, having many present causes – many cure causes, each of which needs to be addressed to provide a disease cure. As a result of this, most diseases are considered incurable.
I am certain this material has errors and omissions and look forward with anticipation to future additions, corrections, and further developments.
Drafts by Tracy D Kolenchuk
This paper clearly defines the concept of "cure" and then examines many variations of scurvy, each of which might be cured by many different actions. Through this exploration we gain a more comprehensive understanding of scurvy and of cure.
We unconsciously heal and repair damage to body, mind, spirits, and communities. Care is a conscious act of community members to aid others - who might be ill or simply in need of attention and assistance. To cure is to address the cause of an illness, which might be present in the patient’s diet, body, mind, spirits, communities, or environments. These three processes; healing, caring and curing, exist on a scale where each action we undertake might have some aspects of all three. Sometimes caring heals damage, sometimes caring cures illness by addressing the cause, sometimes healing addresses causes, producing a cure and sometimes curing heals damage.
Most cures are trivial, not requiring medical attention. The examples used in this paper are trivial illnesses, with the assumption that elementary illnesses can be combined to conceptualize and understand more complex diseases and their cures.
This paper discusses the current definitions of cure and proposes a comprehensive definition of cure all illnesses, diseases and medical conditions that can be cured.
This paper has been updated with the concepts of PRESENT CAUSE in the revised paper, titled A Definition and Exploration of Cure - Update March 30 2020
The original version of the paper A Theory of Cure, published on Academia.edu, has been updated twice since its first publication. The most critical updates relate to the concept of present cause or cure cause. The cure cause of an illness is the present cause of negative signs and symptoms that, when addressed, leads to a cure. It is sometimes confused it a concept of root cause – which today is poorly defined.
My intentions are not to dismiss the actions of any doctor or medical scientist. My life has been saved more than once by conventional medical staff. I have also been cured, on more than one occasion, by an alternative medical practitioner, and more often by natural healthiness. I have learned firsthand that the best cures for most illnesses are to improve the health of the patient, a factor more in the patient’s control, than the doctor’s. Doctors can facilitate curing but are rarely solely responsible for a cure and are not involved in most cures. Most cures are trivial, unnoticed, undocumented.
Many diseases are compound and complex, having many present causes – many cure causes, each of which needs to be addressed to provide a disease cure. As a result of this, most diseases are considered incurable.
I am certain this material has errors and omissions and look forward with anticipation to future additions, corrections, and further developments.
This paper clearly defines the concept of "cure" and then examines many variations of scurvy, each of which might be cured by many different actions. Through this exploration we gain a more comprehensive understanding of scurvy and of cure.