We often hear about amazing cures, sudden recoveries, miraculous healings. Could they be the result of unbreakable faith, an impeccably healthy lifestyle, medical intervention or a positive attitude toward life and all its challenges?

Maybe, it is a combination of all four elements. There have indeed been cases of individuals who defied medical explanation with their unprecedented recoveries. These are the same patients who were told to go home and enjoy their last few weeks of life. Astounding but true.

What really is the norm on which we can base our life expectancy?

Medical experts agree that no two patients are alike. Even if they both have the same health issues and medical regimens, it is always expected that one will respond to a treatment better and faster than the other. So, what is the unseen factor? Is it one’s genetic disposition? Or one’s ability and determination to challenge it.

Let’s take the case of Johnny, a four-year-old boy from Cagayan de Oro whose desperate parents asked help from Dr. Engi Domondon. The boy was allergic to so many kinds of foods, resulting in severe eczema. His body was covered in hives and he had difficulty living a normal life. His parents were forced to bottle feed him with milk.

Johnny had been to several doctors. He was given antihistamines and depressants. Because the parents could not afford expensive allergy tests, an extensive lifestyle analysis was done through a Q&A. It was discovered that the boy used to eat mostly processed foods—canned goods, instant packed meals. The regimen:

Elimination of all processed foods

Raw food diet was introduced—vegetable juicing three to four times daily

Daily cranial massage by a therapist

Substitution of cow’s milk with cashew milk

All prescription medication stopped

Water intake increased

Because of the need of so many like Johnny who required wholistic care, Dr. Domondon opened her clinic under the Crown Peak Foundation at L’eau Vive Restaurant, run by French Carmelite nuns. The place is also a sanctuary for people seeking medicine and services like hydrotherapy, acupuncture, detoxification of colon and kidney. (Call tel. nos. 4661452 or 0923-2315142; e-mail [email protected].)

Parasite cleansing

Lita (not her real name), a former movie and TV star who is now retired, decided to tag along with friends for fun when they visited the clinic. Because she couldn’t leave her pet dog at home, she insisted on bringing the terrier.

In a big room, two beam ray machines emitting light and sound waves were programmed for parasite cleansing. The machine, which can resonate above the frequencies of tapeworms, flukes, pinworms, once programmed, can destroy the parasites found in the body.

What Lita thought would be bonding time with her girl friends turned out to be a turning point in her life. After a three-hour session, while chatting the time away, the ladies went home.

The next morning, an ecstatic and alarmed Lita called the clinic. Apparently, she saw the excrement of her pet dog, which usually sleeps beside her at night—it was full of dead worms.

Concerned for her safety, she continued with her beam ray therapy and bought a unit for herself.

Eventually, she set up a detox center with the help of doctors in the province where she resides.

Ellen was once a laxative junkie. Too lazy to eat a high-fiber diet, she relied on medication to move her bowels. One day, she took one medicine too many. Frustrated over her toilet struggles, she turned to natural medicine for help. Her therapy was simple: