The 33 Principles of Chiropractic

Chiropractic is a healing art with a strong philosophy and belief that the “power that made you, heals you”. This power the human body contains is what we term innate intelligence. The profession was founded on and builds upon 33 principles that explain the human body, the human experience, and life. Below are the 33 Principles of Chiropractic:

THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES

1. The Major Premise. There is a universal intelligence in all matter, continuously giving to it all its properties and actions, thus maintaining it in existence, and giving this intelligence its expression.

2. Cause and Effect. Every effect has a cause and every cause has effects.

3. The Principle of Time. All processes require time.

4. No Organization Without the Effort of Force. Matter can have no organization without the application of force by intelligence.

5. Universal Expression. Force is manifested as organization in matter; all matter has organization, therefore there is universal intelligence expressed in all matter.

6. The Triune of Organization. Any organized structure is a triunity having three necessary factors, namely intelligence, matter and the force which unites them.

7. The Amount of Intelligence in Matter. The amount of intelligence for any given amount of matter is 100%, and is always proportional to its requirements.

8. The Function of Intelligence. The function of intelligence is to create force.

9. The Amount of Force Created by Intelligence. The amount of force created by intelligence is always 100%.

10. The Function of Force. The function of force is to unite intelligence and matter.

11. The Function of Matter. The function of matter is to express force.

12. The Character of Universal Forces. The forces of universal intelligence are manifested as physical laws, are unswerving and unadapted, and have no solicitude for the structures in which they work.

13. Intelligence in Both Organic and Inorganic Matter. Universal intelligence intelligence gives force to both organic and inorganic matter.

14. Interference with Transmission of Universal Forces. There can be interference with the transmission of universal forces.

THE BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES

15. Organic Matter. The material of the body of a living thing is organized matter.

16. Innate Intelligence. A living thing has the intelligence of the universe inborn within it, referred to as its innate intelligence.

17. The Chiropractic Meaning of Life. The expression of this innate intelligence through matter is the Chiropractic meaning of “life.”

18. The Triune of Life. Life is necessarily the union of this intelligence and the matter of a living thing, brought about by the creation of specific internal (innate) forces.

19. Evidence of Life. The signs of life (assimilation, elimination, growth, reproduction, adaptability) are evidence of the innate intelligence of life.

20. The Mission of Innate Intelligence. The mission of the body’s innate intelligence is to maintain the material of the body of a living thing in active organization.

21. The Perfection of the Triune. In order to have 100% life, there must be 100% intelligence, 100% force, and 100% matter.

22. The Amount of Innate Intelligence. There is 100% of innate intelligence in every living thing, the requisite amount, proportional to its organization.

23. The Function of Innate Intelligence. The function of the body’s innate intelligence is to adapt universal forces and matter for use in the body, so that all parts of the body will have coordinated action for mutual benefit.

24. The Principle of Coordination. Coordination is the principle of harmonious interaction among all the parts of an organism, in fulfilling their functions and purposes.

25. The Limits of Adaptation. The body’s innate intelligence adapts forces and matter for the body’s use as long as it can do so without breaking a universal law; in other words, its expression is limited by the limitations of matter and time.

26. The Normality of Innate Intelligence. The body’s innate intelligence is always normal and its function is always normal.

27. The Character of Innate Forces. The forces the body’s innate intelligence creates are never intended to injure or destroy the living thing in which they work.

28. Comparison of Universal and Innate Forces. In order to carry on the universal cycle of life, universal forces are destructive, unless they can be adapted, whereas innate forces are always constructive, as regards a specific living thing.

29. Interference with Transmission of Innate Forces. There can be interference with the transmission of innate forces.

30. The Causes of Dis-ease. Interference with the transmission of innate forces causes incoordination, or “dis-ease.”

THE CHIROPRACTIC PRINCIPLES

31. The Conductors of Innate Forces. Some of the forces the body’s innate intelligence creates operate through or over the nerve system in animal bodies.

32. The Law of Demand and Supply. The Law of Demand and Supply exists in the body in its ideal state; wherein the nerves transmit messages from the body, concerning its needs, to the brain, which acts as the central processing unit for the body’s innate intelligence, and from the brain to the body to meet those needs.

33. Subluxations. Interference with transmission in the body is often directly or indirectly due to subluxations in the spinal column.

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