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Attaining Maximum Vitality
by John Morley, MBAcC, BAc, MA, MMAA

In general medicine there are several ways of measuring physiological performance, the most common being blood and urine tests, X-rays and scans of various kinds. They produce numbers that relate to the amount of a particular substance in the blood or urine, or to the size of a tumour, the presence of something that does not belong, the absence of something that does belong.

In complementary medicine we do not have many of these ways of measuring quantitatively. Most of the techniques used by practitioners to determine what treatment is done are subjective: the acupuncturist feels the pulse, observes the tongue and palpates the abdomen; the homeopath repetorises based on the patient's answers to a lot of questions; the osteopath and chiropractor may use X-rays but in the main they palpate the bones and soft tissue; the herbalist chooses remedies based on the patient's symptoms; the nutritionist may use tests but usually makes assessments based on what the patient says; the iridologist interprets the iris. Based on their subjective analysis the practitioner then applies the treatment and in the main gets good results with no side effects.

How does the practitioner know whether the patient is getting better? How does the patient know whether they are getting better? Again it is subjective, based on the patient's subjective feedback and the practitioner's subjective assessment in the same sorts of ways that they used initially to decide on what treatment to do. Usually this works well and the patient and practitioner are both happy with the result. But often there are questions like

* "there appears to be no change, should we change the treatment or do we just need more time?"

* "the patient has made great improvements but have they reached optimal health yet?"

* "is the treatment likely to be effective at all for this patient? Is there any scope for improvement?"

* "I am considering 3 different medicines or remedies: which one is going to be the most effective?"

* "what are the priorities? Which treatment will have the best overall effect?"

The Biological Age is a quantitative assessment of underlying biological vitality and is an answer to the question that is often asked "How do you measure energy?" Biological Age is not related to chronological age or life expectancy but gives readings for each person for their ideal and their current Biological Age as well as an indication for the most stressed organs or part of the body. It individualises the mass statistics that medince is usually based on. The ideal age is the best that a person can achieve and their current Biological Age will move towards their ideal as the person removes or resolves the stress factors that they are currently burdened with. They are becoming biologically younger. In the same way they will move towards higher biological ages if they become more stressed. It is the essence of the system of Biological Medicine developed in Germany over the last 50 years. It also enables a skilled practitioner-tester to be able to answer, in a quantitative way, questions like the ones above. This is very useful initially, and also as a way of monitoring progress towards the best possible health. Measuring the Biological Age is done with the Vegatest Expert system. I am very grateful for the opportunity to have studied with Dr Schimmel, who developed the Biological Age scale, also known now as the Biological Index, and for his visionary insights into the causative factors in complex and chronic illness.

Many of the articles on this Site will help you in your quest to become biologically younger. Here are some that relate to these ideas.

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