Hiya Docdr_bar wrote:I kind of like the idea of partnering holistic, naturopathic and traditional medicine. If you have a long term ailment, try dealing with it naturally then if nothing works, head to the sawbones. But if you wake up at 3AM and you're lying in a pool of blood, I really don't think that naturopath is going to be much help... It only makes sense to use all the available resources to combat any illness and to not rely on one form of medicine...
Have to agree 100%. (But then I have a vested interest and a bit of a grudge, having worked in the complementary health sector for years and having had my health permanently ruined by orthodox medicine.)
If I came off my bike and smashed myself up, I wouldn't demand to be sent to my osteopath - good as he is. I'd head straight for the hospital - or I'd let others take me there (just to keep this real.) But I wouldn't go near the place on a lesser pretext. I haven't seen an orthodox doctor for treatment in thirty years.
I've travelled abroad at least once a year for the last 25 years, and I've never had a recommended travel vaccination in all that time. I've never had any vaccinations since I was six years old. I've travelled to regions where cholera and dysentry and malaria have been endemic and never had any problems. I have many colleagues in complementary health professions who have done the same, with the same results. But that's because there are alternative ways of dealing with these things.
Just to go off topic very slightly here... I think one of the biggest dowsides of orthodox medicine is that it encourages people not to take responsibility for their own health. If you can cure yourself by popping a pill (or believe you can) at the onset of every ache and pain then you do little to look after your body's needs on a regular basis.
And coming back... I think one of the ways you can maintain your health and prevent future disease is by maintaining a positive or reflective attitude. There is no doubt that attitude has a huge effect on body chemistry. It may or may not get you through cancer once it has developed (probably not, in itself) but it may just make the difference between you getting it or not getting it in the first place. And if it doesn't even do that, then at least you've had a better quality of life in the meantime.
