Innate Intelligence (sometimes
II) is a
chiropractic term for the organizing properties of living things. It was originally coined by
Daniel David Palmer, the founder of chiropractic. This
vitalistic concept states that all life contains
innate (inborn)
intelligence and that this force is responsible for the organization, maintenance and healing of the body. Philosophically, chiropractors believe that when they remove the interference to the
nervous system (by way of a
spinal adjustment) so that the
spine is in correct alignment, Innate Intelligence can then act (by way of the nervous system), to heal disease within the body. The term is intimately connected with the term
universal intelligence.