Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 http://www.doctoryourself.com/free.html Free Health Assistance: The ASHWINS Institute DOCTOR YOURSELF IN PERSON: NATURAL HEALTH HELP, FREE OF CHARGE Many people saw the movie about Patch Adams, M.D., and the Gesundheit! Institute in West Virginia (http://www.patchadams.org). Dr. Adams and colleagues decided years ago to offer health care services at no charge. A good idea is a good idea. Not everyone lives near West Virginia; not everyone seeks to employ the medical model for health. Now, for New Yorkers and their neighbors, there is an additional alternative. If you cannot find, or cannot afford, a natural therapeutics practitioner, you always have the option to treat yourself. Any reasonable person can immediately see that for this to be successful, you need information and education. You can now get both, in person, without charge, at the ASHWINS Institute in upstate New York. What is the catch? There is none. The Ashwins Institute is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to make practical, do-able natural therapeutics knowledge available to everyone, particularly to those who cannot afford professional care by a physician. THE PROBLEM According to the US Census Bureau, nearly 44 million Americans are entirely without health insurance. http://www.cbpp.org/9-30-03health.htm Imagine: one in every seven people in the richest country on earth has no health insurance at all. (Incidentally, the president of the Ashwins Institute, by choice, is one of them.) But the real problem is far more serious: 82 million Americans are without health insurance at least part of the time. That is an astounding one in three Americans under 65. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews & storyID=5441315 That includes close to 6 million people in New York State alone. This problem has gone on long enough, but there is yet another one. Even if you do have health insurance, it does not insure health but rather pays for disease care. And the treatment " health " insurance offers is overwhelmingly medical and surgical. Most disease is not caused by a drug deficiency, nor is most disease cured by removing body tissue. AN ANSWER Lifestyle is the cause, and cure, of most illness. This statement is literally true. Unhealthy lifestyle makes us sick; healthy lifestyle makes us better. This, too, is well known. It is the " how do I actually do it " aspect that most people have trouble with. There is now a way out for all interested persons, regardless of income. The ASHWINS INSTITUTE, Inc. offers free in-person conferencing with a trained education professional to help you learn how to heal yourself. If you are looking for someone to " treat " you, this is not it. We have no physicians on our staff. We do not treat anyone; we teach people how to take care of themselves. If this meets your needs, you can email drsaul for additional information on obtaining an appointment. But please read what follows below before you do so: WHAT ASHWINS DOES NOT PROVIDE We do not provide medical care, diagnosis, testing, or treatment. We are about education, not medication. We do not provide referral to a health practitioner near where you live. If you need to find a natural-healing-oriented (naturopathic or orthomolecular) physician, an internet search engine (such as Google (http://www.google.com) is one of the best ways to do so. Libraries, health food stores, and health magazines are other helpful referral sources. We do not sell any health products, nor vitamins, nor supplements. We have absolutely no financial connection with the health products industry. Period. We do not conference by letter, nor by phone, nor by email. Conferencing is in person only. If you cannot get to upstate New York, you may use the search box at the top of this website's main page to immediately obtain free information on a large number of illnesses. If a Doctor Yourself website search is not sufficiently helpful to you, internet searches are recommended. Google does a very good job. The links on my LINKS page may also provide a good start for your web search. How is ASHWINS funded? ASHWINS is an all-volunteer organization. We do not need funding. We do not maintain a big building, and have no residential facilities. Our business model is to not have one. All Ashwins staff members provide their professional time pro bono. Healing rightly should have absolutely nothing to do with money. Should grants and unsolicited donations be offered to Ashwins Inc., they would in fact be tax deductible. We are a registered New York State charity and approved by the Internal Revenue Service under Section 501©3 (Charitable educational corporation). ASHWINS, by the way, stands for the American Society for Health, Wellness Information, and Non-commercial Services. If this endeavor appeals to you, you can email drsaul with your questions about the Institute and its work. (Remember: If what you seek is a conventional doctor-patient relationship, we cannot help you. My thoughts on how to obtain a natural healing doctor will be found at http://www.doctoryourself.com/subcontractor.html and at http://www.doctoryourself.com/naturedoc.html ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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