Guest guest Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 The NEW twist on alternative medicine is that there are many people now looking for herbs to combat their needs. New statistics show a rise in the number of people using alternaitve forms of medincine, that being anything from acupuncture to herbal remedies to color therapies. Why you may ask is this field growing so much? I think the answer to that is this, people are tired of feeling ill and their Dr.s' are not fully listening to their complaints. Where as in natural medicine the Dr. is more apt to listen to the patient and not want to prescribe a " wonder pill " , instead they fully asses the patient and treat their individul needs. the problem with this is that the modern Dr.s' feel as if the herbalists are treding on their toes. The pharmaceutical companies are feeling the pinch, their prescribtion drugs have been tested, so they feel that their are the best. When each os us have used a presribtion drug once or twice, we can tell you that they do not always work. At times you will feel, full relief from your ailment, only for you to go off the drugs and feel ill again. Why you ask? this si simple, the fact remains that the drugs treat the symptoms, and not the patient, who is usually suffering from a deper underlying form of malnutrition. We live in a society that today is more apt to put geneticlly modified organisms (GMO's) into your body that to make sure you are eating right. Our government has made sure of this. " A sick country is more in need of medical attention than that of a healthy country. " This si how the pharmaceutical companites think; this si why we are all sick. we have been fed refined sugar, filled with GMO's, and tested on like lab-rats, all without our knowledge! We make sure animals are safe from testing, what about us? This country's modo is, " Only the strong will survive! " Who are the strong? these are the ones who do not use drugs, the ones who use an alternative form of medicine and buy orgainc foods. The sick are the poverty stricken ones in this country; we need food to eat and cannot afford to buy organic food, we are the ones who cannot afford our precribtions and health care. This is how our government wants us to live, poor and dieing! Our food today is so refined and processed that it gives us little nutrition, and full of preservatives that are known to harm rather than help. these are the things killing us today, making each of us sick and in overall an unhealthy country. The bigger plan in this country is to make each of us sick and then we are dependent on our government to help us in getting better. How? By making us use prescription drugs that hve not been tested, by using us as the lab-rats. We have become a sick nation to ddate, and getting sicker day by day, we are an overweight and undernurited nation. Told that we can have the cure for our illness in one little pill, we have become brainwashed as a nation to fall for these claims. We can make a difference tough, by chosing organic food and using herbal remedies, by not falling for their propaganda. What you hear is not always the truth; our government does not want you to know that most herbal remedies really work, why? Because most poloticians are funded through many of these organizations, our Dr.s' are paid by them our hospitals are funded by through them, and our country is run by them! We live in a society that has taken our one and only right away from is, our health by choice. We are partially to blame for this, we need to take bakc what is rightlfull ours. My government does not speak for me nor do they look out for my well being. If they did then alternative healthcare would be funded through many HMO's and all insurance companies. But then the government would lose funding to cancer research and breast canser research. By " outlawing " this type of medicine then and only then could they fund this type of research. Now I am not asying that traditional medicine is all bad, but Dr.s' and herbalists should be working hand in hand in this country. To date there are more mandates on animal rights than there are on human rights. In Germany, in order to recieve your medical license you have to have full knowledge of hers and their uses, in Europe there are more herbalists in that country than in the United States. In Asia, they have the highest smoking rate via capita, than any other country in the world, but canser is unheard of over there. Why? Because they use herbs to heal their bodies and not chemiclas. Europe holds the key to the cure for cancer, and so do many other countries, why ar they not tested here, that is bacuse of we found a cure for cancer there would be no need to further fund testing (a multi-million dollar industry). We are a country of choice, of freedom of speech, and a free country? I don't think so! In a harsh reality, we aare limited to choice, freedom of speech no longer exists, and we are made to pay taxes for an entire lifetime. We are taxed on food (GMO's), on our lands, on clothing, on beverages and on helathcare, so what makes this a free country? Alternative medicine is on the rise, in part to certain orgainzations, and to people tired of the humdrum living on chemicals. People are waking up to what they are reading and asking themselves, why? Why dont they want us to feel better and why won't they test herbal remedies more? I think the answer to this is all because of the rise in an inadequate healthcare system, more drugs, and less time in the Dr.s' office. We have become a nation of " wonder pills " on that will cure you if you are overweight, or have a hyperactive child, or for when you feel down, we are told to pop a pill for all these health problems. Did you know that you can treat your child with ADD and ADHD with acupuncture? You can treat your overweight conditions with acupuncture too, but that does not mean go and have acupuncture then go out and eat 2 giant cheese burgers. We have been genetically trained to eat these foods, and they say marijuana is addictive, how about alcohoism, or even smoking, but those are ok to buy and sell as long as you pay the taxes on them. they tell you that cocaine is addictive but the pharmaceutical companies use it in their pain medications, if you look most of the drugs on the market are derived from herbs. Problem is that the pharmaceutical companies have bastardized and adulterated the true form of the herbs and mastered a synthetic form of it, making medications you use today and " inspiration " of the herbal industry and taking out the good of the herbs and replacing them with the synthetci form. Usually rendering it completely useless! All this brings me to my last thoughs, if you want a cure and not a cover-up, then use the real deal and the adulterated forms of herbal medicine. Be sure you tell your Dr. about any herbal medicines you are taking (there is no need to hide this fact), and keep an open mind about alternative therapeis, it will help you in your healing process and also help in your peace of mind on recieving the best possible care you can give yourself. Michele R. COllins 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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