Colon Cleansing Treatment
Alternative medicine?
From what I have observed, individuals who believe in alternative medicine (nautrotherapy, acupunture, etc) prefer a holisitc approach and actually think their work has more value than Western medicine…
It may be just the people I have met and I only want the views of others; this Q is not designed to be a huge debate about which treatment is superior…
Is complementary medicine a big money making scheme (eg, colon cleansing…) or does it really have any value?
It does kind of sound like you already know the answer you want to hear, but to me, the most ideal doctor is one that is knowledgeable about both drugs AND supplements/herbs. Everyone ingests herbs whether they know about it or not… fruits and vegetables by the definition on Dictionary.com that says “[2] such a plant when valued for its medicinal properties, flavor, scent, or the like.”
The biggest thing with Alternative Medicine is that yes, there are skeptics… but there are also fraudsters that hide in vague descriptions. Kevin Trudeau is one of the worst ones in my opinion because he acts like he’s trying to help and is being held back by “the man”, but he is solely a con artist. He is one of the worst because some people think he’s really trying to help and some think he’s the normal (eg. all Alt Med people are scammers).
The fact of the matter is that supplements and herbs give the body nutrition it’s otherwise lacking so it’s ideal for preventative medicine, but isn’t as effective as recovery medicine. Drugs on the other hand force a specific reaction that the body wouldn’t normally have (which is why they also have some really bad side effects) so they can save your life if they are used in emergency situations… or used temporarily when someone is too far past preventing a problem.
I see it similar to maintaining a car… supplements are like maintenance (regular oil changes, rotating tired, etc.) while drugs and surgery are like major repairs/replacements (repairing valves, replacing the engine when it burns out from old oil, etc).
Yes, both have their place (especially in cases of accidents), but neither should be exclusive of the other. If I’m in an accident and am laying in the ER, I would rather have a drug to start my heart than supplements to nourish the heart. If I’m in good health, I’d gladly take the supplement to nourish the heart so it doesn’t get to the point where I would need surgery down the line.
I hope this helps for what you’re looking for!
[edit]: FWIW, I agree with some of what Tony said. Yes, the U.S. uses more prescribed drugs than any other country and there are a lot more people out to make money both on the drug side and the supplement side… but that doesn’t mean that all of them are like that either. There are pharmaceutical companies that have gotten in big trouble for putting harmful drugs on the market (which were pulled shortly thereafter) so they could make a quick buck and there are fraudsters that use buzz words from natural items (Acai and Resveratrol are some of the current ones) to make a quick buck. Both give their industries a bad name and it’s a shame when they are used as examples of the industry… but unfortunately, it happens.
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