Why Organized Medicine Is
At War With Natural Healing
Reprinted from Wellness Today
 Never in the history of medicine have physicians so worshiped drugs to the exclusion of everything else. Modern medicine, it seems, is at war with the natural world. All natural remedies are persecuted, especially those that get in the way of patented drugs. The reason? These natural treatments (like vitamins, minerals, and herbal-based remedies) CANNOT BE PATENTED. Thus they represent a financial threat to the status quo.
But plant medicinals are the cornerstone of every healing art, including modern medicine. Medications such as digitalis, ephedrine, aspirin, quinine, colchicine, and atropine are all herbal medicines.
In contrast, 80% of conventional medicine has NO scientific basis at all, according to the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment. Bypass surgery has been scientifically disproven three times. The "science" of angioplasty, carotid endarterectomies, and most cancer therapies is no stronger than "hope" and a big bill.
Folks, you NEED unconventional therapies. For example, vitamins C, E, and B6, magnesium, Co-Enzyme Q10, and L-Carnitine are all excellent therapies for heart patients. But cardiologists and internists never use them because they've been brainwashed against all things nutritional. For the skillful use of these treatments, you have to go to a physician or therapist who has broken the code of conformity that stifles the medical profession. And that's exactly what millions are doing now.
About one in three Americans used an alternative therapy in 1990. This exceeds the number of visits made by Americans to all types of mainstream docs!
If mainstream docs would just expand their state of mind, they would recognize the value of natural therapies to treat a variety of conditions. Diet, lifestyle changes, acupuncture, and nutritional supplementation are supported by enough science to sink a battleship.
These natural therapies represent some of the most promising medical discoveries we have. For instance...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The incidence of chronic fatigue seems to be increasing steadily, yet the most successful therapy for this condition - aggressive use of nutritional elements - is ignored. Why? Longstanding, irrational, negative bias within the medical profession against all things nutritional.
Enlarged Prostrate. It affects 75% of all men over 50. The most common treatment is surgical removal of the prostate. But there is a much safer and cheaper alternative: an herb called sawtooth palmetto (Serenoa repens). In tests, it has proven so effective that, if it could be patented, it would have been snatched up long ago by one of the drug houses! Yet, you hear nothing about it from the medical community. (They prefer to tout the new "miracle drug" Proscar, which in test after test has been shown to be practically worthless!)
Heart Disease. Two-time Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling makes a startling discovery: high cholesterol may NOT be the cause of heart disease! Rather, the cause of heart disease may be a lack of certain vitamins which act to PREVENT bad cholesterol from sticking to artery walls. This revelation is a huge threat to the multi-million dollar drug industry, which makes a small fortune on various cholesterol lowering drugs.
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