Herbal alternative, does it really work!

[Brianne]

Ok I'm going to say what is on my mind. I know 8 people who faithfully visit the homeopath doctors. They have been seeing these doctors for years. I see no improvment on their health. The one person I know has been giong to a herbologist for 20 years now. He was being treated for massive facial swellings. Approximatly 3 swellings per week have occured for this fellow for the past 20 years. He has been told that he is alergic form apples to water. His bills from these visits have grown into the thousands of dollars. 6 months ago he finally gave in and went to the hospital. The doctor put him on a over the counter anti histamine(reactine). He has had two(2) swelling in 6 months and nowheres as sever as before. 3 other gentlemen that I know have died of heart complications. The ironic part is they were all being treated by homopathic doctors to lower colesteral and stuff like that. One of these guys that died said he actually had cancer of the lung and two weeks of visits to his homopathic doctor cured him.(ya right!) A lady I know who was being treated for years for gas and bloating and stuff like that, had to have her gall bladder remover just recently. She claims her bloating and gas problems are gone. The same fellow that was having the facial swellings once went to an iridologist. You should have heard the report that came home with him!! His sons and daughters were ready to start his funeral arrangments. And what really makes me mad is that this same fellow that had the swellings was once told by his homopathic doctor that his swelling problem was being caused by a childhood memory. Well I would like to believe that there are other alternatives that really work. But I think for now if I step on a rusty nail I will go to the hospital and get a tetnus shot. It just seen safer than putting a used tea bag on the puncture for 20 minutes then a fig leaf on it over night. I don't mean to poop at someones party but I have just as much right to tell the truth as these homopaths do.

[plymouth]

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say 80,000 people a year go to American hospitals for surgery and die from malpractice at the hands of surgeons.

Another million are injured by physician malpractice.

[kdoubleu]

I have tried both alternative and traditional American medical doctors and practices. I have found some that have helped and some that have not in both types of medicine. With either, you have to use your best judgement. Both types of medicine have people who want to help you get better, as well as people who want to soak you.

[eat2live]

Brianne,I would like to agree with you but when you go and look at the conditions that
many of the members on the drug boards have
and why they are in the condition they are in - I can't. Nothing beats common sense -


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[Brianne]

To be honest with you Eat To Live I dont really understand what your reply means. Could you clairify a little more for me? THanks