Can alternative medicine save your life?
I have respect for alternative medicine, but many people close to me have dismissed it as 'hogwash' and 'snake oil'. But a faith in alternative medicine has been known to save lives, at least according to the survivors who believe in it. Take this article, for example. It documents the lives of four women who credit alternative medicine with saving their lives. One had ovarian cancer, one needed metal rod to support her spine, one suffered from chronic pain and one kept her cystic fibrosis at bay.
What do you think about alternative medicine? Can it save your life? I think the key here is your attitude -- if you're convinced alternative medicine won't do anything for you, it won't. But faith is a powerful thing and if you believe in the path you've chosen, I think the body is capable of so-called miracles.
What do you think about alternative medicine? Can it save your life? I think the key here is your attitude -- if you're convinced alternative medicine won't do anything for you, it won't. But faith is a powerful thing and if you believe in the path you've chosen, I think the body is capable of so-called miracles.
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9-02-2007 @ 11:24PM
smdryad said...
I think that alternative medicine is much better at treating chronic illness. Allopathic medicine tends to treat the symptoms, which natural medicine looks to treat the underlying cause whenever possible. I have seen a good analogy about a leaky roof. The allopath diagnoses "roofaporosis" and gets to work finding ways to absorb the water entering the house. The naturopath gets to work repairing the roof so it won't leak. Mercola has some good you tube videos on this topic, including "When should you use conventional medicine?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C47dWLTFZXY
and "Most astonishing health disaster of the 20th century" which I have embedded here: http://www.squidoo.com/vitaminsthatwork
Jen
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9-03-2007 @ 7:39AM
richard day gore said...
At some point in history, virtually everything we now know and accept was considered "alternative" and damned accordingly.
Regards,
Richard Day Gore
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9-11-2007 @ 11:03AM
Mind Mart said...
Every time I hear about some wonder drug harming people it makes me wonder why people hesitate to try an herb that been used safely for hundreds of years.
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