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Wenn die untere Organisation des Menschen irgendwie so ist, daß sie von der oberen Organisation nicht bezwungen werden kann, dann ist das, was als Hustenreiz auftritt, eine gesunde Reaktion des menschlichen Organismus, um gewisse Dinge, die sonst eindringen, nicht eindringen zu lassen. Und unter allen Umständen Husten einfach direkt zu unterbinden, kann unter Umständen von Unheil sein, denn dann nimmt der Körper Schädlichkeiten auf. Er hustet aus dem Grunde, weil er in dieser zeitweiligen Disposition diese Schädlichkeiten nicht vertragen kann und sie sich fortschaffen will. Der Hustenreiz ist gerade die Anzeige dafür, daß irgend etwas im Organismus los ist, so daß die Nötigung vorliegt, die entsprechenden Eindringlinge, die sonst ganz gut in den Organismus eindringen können, nicht eindringen zu lassen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":221,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/312/1920-03-22/p017"},{"locus":"GA 312/1920-03-22/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Aber auch die anderen Erscheinungen, die wir angeführt haben, sind ein Wehren, ein Kampf des Organismus gegen dasjenige, was heraufzieht in der Tuberkuloseanlage. Halsschmerzen, Gliederschmerzen zeigen einfach an, daß der Organismus diejenigen Prozesse nicht vor sich gehen läßt, die nicht bezwungen werden können als untere Prozesse von den oberen. 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