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The Separation of Mind and Body in Western Medicine
01:18 - 06:27 (05:09)
The separation of mental and physical pain in Western medicine is deeply ingrained, contrary to traditional Chinese and Indian Ayurvedic medicine, which recognize the connection between them. Early medical doctors who considered the body and the church that focused on the mind were responsible for the divide in Western medicine that still exists today.
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Emotional pain and mental distress are often overlooked in the West and in the medical world, despite being just as important as physical pain.
01:18 - 03:54 (02:35)
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Emotional pain and mental distress are often overlooked in the West and in the medical world, despite being just as important as physical pain. These concepts have been recognized for centuries, but continue to be neglected in modern times.
ChapterThe Separation of Mind and Body in Western Medicine
EpisodeMust We Suffer Emotional Pain?
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The concept of mental and physical pain being interconnected is not established in Western medicine.
03:54 - 06:27 (02:33)
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The concept of mental and physical pain being interconnected is not established in Western medicine. Unlike traditional Chinese or Indian Ayurvedic medicine that sees both types of pain as deeply connected from early on, Western medicine was divided early on into the church taking mind, and early medical doctors taking body.