criticism of western medicine

[Guest guest]

a report published in the Lancet in 1997 clearly established that

doctor-prescribed medications were the #3 killer of Americans,

something that all of us have known simply by observing the health of

our patients

 

interestingly enough, this study only examined in-patients, not those

that suffered fatal adverse effects outside the hospital setting

 

as a result, the actual numbers of deaths may be much, much higher

 

time and again i have seen the ravages of western medicine - its

frustrating and disheartening, and i have made it my personal mission

to educate and empower people to take care of their own health

 

***nonetheless, i find it logically inconsistent to defend potentially

harmful practices just because they aren't as bad as the alternative

as a herbalist and ayurvedic practitioner, as a son of this earth, it

is my dharma to defend the health of patients everywhere, to spread the

GOOD news of pure, unadulterated natural medicines that have been used

since the dawn of time, that indeed, were given to us by the grace of

the Almighty and the affection of our Mother

 

in my tradition we question the use of heavy metals for healing because

we have a well-established history of recording their deleterious

effects

the system of herbal medicine that arose in north america in colonial

populations did so in response to the ubiquitous use of poisonous heavy

metals such as mercury and arsenic

 

yes ayurvedic medicine has been using metals for much longer, and have

even developed some interesting techniques that are supposedly supposed

to make them less toxic - this is the assertion - but i am personally

very wary of them because based on what i know i cannot in good faith

recommend them to my patients when i myself would never take them or

give them to my children

 

i believe that consuming heavy metals is unnatural

i believe it to be a distortion of living in balance with the

environment, the way the acharyas intended us to live

i believe that minerals are largely meant to obtained in our food, in

the living tissues of plants and animals, and not from rocks

 

and yet all things can be medicine, and based on this, i remain

open-minded that even the most toxic substance can be a healing agent,

when used with supreme wisdom - unfortunately our technological prowess

as humans far outweighs the development of such untainted insight

while i claim some wisdom, its not of the order that allows me to play

god with people's lives simply to satisfy my pride

 

Caldecott

todd

www.toddcaldecott.com