Alternative Medicine

Does alternative medicine work? Many say that plant medicines are mostly just placebos, with little power to cure or treat disease. This lie is perpetuated by doctors and other health professionals. Of course, they have an obvious motivation to promote the more conventional medicines and treatments.

Many alternative medicines are over-hyped and without much value. People often believe what they want to believe, without regard for the evidence. But there is also a lot of hype about traditional and accepted remedies and medicines, and many are eventually found to be ineffective, or to do more harm than good.

A True Story - Curing A Skin Growth

Many years ago, I had a lump on the side of my nose that was was growing slowly, and bleeding at times. I had it for seven years or so when I asked a doctor about it. Was it cancerous or pre-cancerous? He wasn't sure, so he recommended seeing a specialist. I looked for an alternative medicine instead.

I read about a cream made from an extract from a plant called Devil's Apple. Most people who used this eliminated their skin cancers. It was not only extremely effective, but safe as well.

However, the only company selling it in the U.S. had been shut down by the regulatory agencies. Doctors can kill thousands with risky medical procedures, but if an "unapproved" treatment causes a skin rash it must be outlawed. A company in England would ship the cream here for $49, but they too were out of business by the time I tried to reach them.

Then I read that tee tree oil might work. At the health-food store a one-ounce bottle cost $6 (100% pure tea tree oil). I applied a drop to the lump each morning, and soon it was getting smaller, so I continued the treatment. It took just six weeks and six dollars to be completely rid of it.

Coincidence? Perhaps, but after seven years? Years later I had another growth on my neck. I couldn't remember what I had used the first time, so I didn't treat it for years. It grew. I finally found my old notes on tea tree oil, and tried it again on this growth, which was even larger than the first. Once again it was gone in about six weeks.

Should You Try Alternative Medicines?

I can't tell you what to do, but neither can a doctor. His job is just to give you the wisdom of his training and experience. The decision as to what to do is always yours (I realize that many people don't like this thought).

What I can tell you is that I have used many effective natural remedies and herbal medicines, and many that didn't work. I have probably spent less on all of them than the cost of a visit to a doctor. No doctor yet has introduced me to any of those that worked. Do your own research, and look to the alternative press to get information on alternative medicines.

I can also tell you that I've never had a bad reaction to any "alternative" medicine, but everything we do has risks. Just listen to the list of side effects that they put on commercials for prescription drugs. My non-professional opinion? In general, natural treatments are safer than prescription drugs.

What about the danger of passing up treatments known to be effective despite their side effects? In my own case, I had the skin growth for many years: a few weeks of natural treatment didn't mean I couldn't go to a specialist later if it didn't work. You're allowed to use common sense in your own medical decisions, despite what some doctors might think.

Should we wait until treatments are "proven" by science? It can be a long wait. Drug companies can't spend millions to get a natural medicine "approved" by the FDA, because they cannot patent it. When there are safe and cheap things to try, why wait? What if early French explorers of this continent had waited for proof of Vitamin C before taking the cedar tea the natives offered? They would have all died of scurvy hundreds of years before science caught up with this natural remedy.

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