Causation and Maintaining Causes
Aetiological Triggers, Life Shocks and Ongoing Obstacles
By Dr. Rohit, BHMS | Phone & WhatsApp: +91-8191-00-2535 | Roorkee, District-Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
1. Chapter Introduction
Every illness has an origin and context. This chapter investigates the precipitating events (never well since...) and the ongoing obstacles that block recovery.
2. Central Clinical Inquiry
“How do past traumas or ongoing lifestyle habits prevent the vital force from restoring balance?”
3. Main Concepts
Aetiological shocks include grief, physical injuries, severe infections, toxic exposures, or sudden climatic changes. Maintaining causes include toxic relationships, nutritional deficiency, and sedentary habits.
4. Important Distinctions
Causation is the historical trigger that disrupted balance; maintaining cause is the present factor perpetuating illness.
5. Clinical Perspective
Prescribing without identifying and removing maintaining causes is futile. No remedy can cure chronic insomnia if the patient drinks coffee before sleep.
7. Key Clinical Takeaways
- Identify the initial point of departure from health.
- Remove ongoing maintaining causes before expecting permanent cure.
- Aetiological triggers often dictate the primary therapeutic entry point.