How do you heal yourself physically?

If you have a physical symptom, illness or pain and you take a pain killer and it lessens or goes away have you physically healed or just numbed a symptom?
Have you ever wondered why we have physical symptoms or illness?

Do we experience pain because our body needs a pain killer...of course not. 

Pain, illness and symptoms are not just problems that need to be numbed they are clues that something is not quite right with the body. So try to listen to your body's clues and investigate what they're really trying to show you before you silence them with avoidance, medications or temporary relief.
For true long lasting physical healing find and treat the underlying source of dis-ease instead of just eliminating the symptoms.