How can you tell a natural doctor from an artificial one? Just wondering...
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There is really no such thing as an "artificial" doctor; that was kind of a joke. Traditionally Western Medicine "treats" "symptoms" with drugs and surgery as solutions. Natural doctors lean more towards preventative medicine and Non Drug therapies. My doctors business card says "Endocrinology & Holistic Medicine". She is open to drug therapies when absolutely necessary but prefers to try to limit the medications that her patients are on and feels that most doctors over prescribe. I tend to agree with her. That is why we are a great match for each other as far as doctor patient relationships go... For instance, before she would prescribe cholesterol meds for someone, she would insist that they change their diet and exercise first....
Is a vaccine not considered "natural medicine" because it is manufactured in a lab? Technically they are preventative and not reactive, and I wouldn't consider them a drug like aspirin.
i personally don't consider them natural at all. instead of your immune system adjusting to fight it off and growing stronger naturally, you're injecting a dead flu virus from the year before in HOPES your immune system will be able to fight it off. that's why i'm gonna let my kids eat dirt. build up their immune system the old fashion way.
i may not have the best immune system, but i've only had the flu a handful of times..while people i know who always get the flu shot and are suppose to have better immune systems than me(because they don't have diabetes) get the flu almost every year.
i think the longest my flu has lasted was a week. back in grade 9. missed all of christmas break from school and slept on the couch christmas eve cuz of it. lame sauce! otherwise, if i do get sick with the flu, its always the 24-hour flu and i take two days off..the second day for resting up from the day before haha. i can't remember the last time i had the flu though..it's gottan have been at least a couple of years now.
Ok, thanks for the info. So would natural medicine support hanging around someone with a condition like chicken pox to boost immunity/get it out of the way early? I'm just trying to get a better idea of what natural medicine is.
LOL batts.. I am just imagining your kids one day at the dinner table with a bowl of dirt in front of them and your like " damnit kids eat your dirt so you don't get sick" LOL I'm sorry I'm not picking on you and I totally get what your saying but it was a funny mental picture I was having. lmao
Ok, thanks for the info. So would natural medicine support hanging around someone with a condition like chicken pox to boost immunity/get it out of the way early? I'm just trying to get a better idea of what natural medicine is.
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"Natural medicine
is simply the use of traditional remedies, natural methods, and herbal
medicines, to cure illness. Most societies in the world have a long
history of using these natural medicines. Many types of healing
treatments and alternative therapies fall under the term natural medicine.
A number of herbal medicines
have been prevalent for many years in Chinese and Indian society. These
natural medicines tend to be (though they aren’t always) inexpensive
and risk free, in stark contrast to many modern manufactured drugs, and
have few if any side effects other than allergic reactions.
Since the creation of the popular penicillin, traditional natural
medicine treatments have fallen out of favour or been forgotten.
However, alternative treatments like acupuncture
are making a comeback. More and more doctors are beginning to realize
their benefits, and many scientific studies are being conducted to
measure their effectiveness against modern drug therapy.
With more people becoming aware of the vast number of chemicals we
put into our bodies - either from treatments or clothing - natural
therapy is surely becoming a more viable treatment in our modern
society."
it's not natural for us to put the flu virus from the previous flu season in our body. what's natural is letting our bodies learn to build up it's defense on it's own without interference.
natural medicine doesn't really apply to the flu shot though i'll
admit cuz it's just a dead flu virus...but that's the definiton of what "natural medicine" means.
LOL batts.. I am just imagining your kids one day at the dinner table with a bowl of dirt in front of them and your like " damnit kids eat your dirt so you don't get sick" LOL I'm sorry I'm not picking on you and I totally get what your saying but it was a funny mental picture I was having. lmao
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haha that is a funny mental picture julia :) i take no offense don't worry, all in good fun ;)
and it was more using the phrase rather than meaning actually eating dirt. ;)
You and your
family can receive flu shots at many locations, including your local
Walgreens store. Walgreens--which is forging close ties to JDRF--will
conduct flu clinics starting in early September.
Anyone can
set up an appointment or walk in whenever an immunizing pharmacist is
on duty; all stores have at least one immunizing pharmacist. The
cost/shot is $24.99, and Walgreens will also have a needle-free option
for $29.99 and a preservative-free vaccine for $29.99. In Walgreens
stores where the pharmacist is Blue Cross Blue Shield-credentialed, flu
shots will be free for those covered by BCBS.
my boss was talking to us in our staff meeting yesterday about the swine flu. we've gotta start putting signs up for patrons about washing their hands and remind our staff to stay home if they are sick etc etc. we were talking about the actual shot, and my boss claimed what was worrying about the swine flu shot..is when the spanish flu hit the states in the 70's they stopped short of vaccinating the whole country, when they realized more people had died after receiving the shot..than from the flu itself.