is it true the natural herbs work better than medicine?
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in most cases yes. i'm an herbalist and you can contact me direct for info about herbs and treatments with them. my info is free. widowmaker54@yahoo.com
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HOMEOPATHY DOES **NOT** WORK. It's not a scientific practice. \nFurthermore, standard Medicine has nothing to do with "ALLOPATHY". The term allopathy is misused, and has pejorative connotation. The term allopathy is wrongly used by nonmedical practitioners like chiropractors, naturalists, etc., and (sadly) real doctors as well.\nHave a look at http://www.ncahf.org/articles/a-b/allopathy.html
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It works and I don't believe it just has to do with whether someone believes in it or not.  I've seen people who don't believe given remedies and they respond to them.  \n\nHowever, it really depends on the skill and experience of the practitioner.  They have to make the right diagnosis and  prescribe the right remedy in order for it to be effective.
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I am not a herbalist; however, I found a Web site which I refer to often for natural alternatives to drugs--www.reikinurse. com/Natural Antibiotics.\n I hope you too will find there many topics of inerest and a pleasure of exploring this beautiful site.  Good luck!
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Traditional health care  uses treatments that are scrutinized using the scientific method, whereas alternative therapies rarely are.\n\nIf you are prescribed a drug by a doctor, that drug has undergone a lot of testing to show that (1) it works and (2) it isn't too dangerous (although all drugs have side effects)  In addition, pharmaceutical companies are monitored so that you can be sure what is supposed to be in the drug is actually there, and in the amount specified.\n\nHerbal therapies rarely undergo any testing, and the purported benefits are anecdotal.  Ever heard of the placebo effect?  Granted, a lot of herbs DO have medicinal properties, but when used as "supplements", they are not subjected to the same tight standards that pharmaceutical products are.  Studies have shown that some herbal preparations contain less than half of what they are supposed to have, while others had many times the alleged amount.\n\nWith regard to the more bizarre alternative therapies, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that ear candling or cupping isn't going to cure anything.  It might make you "feel better" (again, refer to placebo effect), but there is no science behind it.\n\nScience is why traditional medicine keeps changing.  We are constantly learning new things, and adjusting our practice accordingly.
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There's herbal remedies but they mainly just work in the very early stages of pregnancy. My favorite is the Vitamin C one because it's the safest since you can't exactly die of a Vitamin C overdose. If I were to become pregnant, I would try this first and if it didn't work, I would just go pay for an abortion.
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Homeopathy is water peddling.  The concepts are wrong.  If you are going to use herbal medicines, use high doses, not low doses as homeopathy would have you believe.  Make sure you research dosages and dangers before you try any substance.  Seeing a doctor is always the best bet, because everything they do is regulated by a medical board.  Homeopathy and herbal medicine are not regulated.
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No most are not, all natural foods are better like fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, protien from peanuts and alternatives to meat.
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No- stuff like this is a waste of money.  The only thing that definitively works is surgery for both reduction and increase in breast size.  As it is, any herbal type concotion isn't even approved or tested by the FDA.
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yes alternative medicine is very good..like rekhi,pranic healing..aurevada
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Wow..thanks for the info. I truly believe in "natural cures" to prevent and cure cancer. \nI wish more people would at least look further into a natural approach such as eating an all organic diet and whole foods, herbs, etc. for a cure BEFORE going through all the pain and agony of traditional cancer treatments, chemo and synthetic drugs. \nDrugs made by the drug companies who could care less about finding a cure for cancer. If they did ..they would go out of business!
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Consider, a hundred years ago medicine was practiced completely differently, it is an evolving practice.  Personally I would prefer to take homeopathics that have been used for thousands than an antibiotic that has been used for less than a hundred years.  Yes, each doctor has his or her own idea of how to treat an ailment, however there are certain socio-economic conditions affecting treatment.  Antibiotics are cheap, commonly accepted and easily prescribed, they are monitored to be the same in each dose and the individual only has to understand to take the medication as prescribed whereas an individual trying to take a more natural route has to understand when, how in what combination to take herbal supplements, dietary needs and changes and possibly the finances to see a doctor that is less likely to prescribe antibiotics.  I, like your sister took many antibiotics as a child (perhaps girls are prescribed more antibiotics than boys, generally men go to the doctors less than women do) was freguently sick and as a result have worked hard to improve my immune system with the assistance of an excellent holistic healer and get sick rarely.
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That's a really good subject that has a lot of research being done.  Natural remedies are a wave of the present.  There are tons of websites available, just search Google or Yahoo with "Medicinal Herbs".
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Yes some of them work very well.The best advice I can give you is to read Lessons from the Miracle Doctors by Jon Barron.You can download a free copy at\n\nhttp://www.jonbarron.com  Also please talk with your Doctor.
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If a herbal medicine can pass the same trials regular medicines do, they will be accepted by the scientific community in the same way regular medicines are.\n\nThe "alternative health" community would have a lot to gain if their products went through trials, and were proven effective. In many cases, they are openly hostile to trials because they know their products do not work, and they are skirting around this with weasel words on their packaging like "thought to do X", or "has been used traditionally to do Y".\n\nScientists are not opposed to herbal medicine working, they are opposed to products which are not proven in trials to be effective being promoted as such, possibly directing people away from a treatment which is known to work.\n\nHerbalists often claim their products are safer. This is untrue, there have been dangerous products found on sale in herbal medicine shops, and natural doesn't mean safe.
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NO.  Remember, "natural" doesn't necessarily mean "good for you."  There are a number of plant extracts that have serious side effects.  There are a lot of poisons in nature!\n\nBesides, you won't learn how to eat properly if you use the pills, which means that even if you do lose some weight, you will probably gain it all back, plus some.
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I agree with you to a large degree. Personally I believe the tradition treatments, chemo and/or radiation..cause more problems are are ineffective. In alot of cases the patient dies as a result of complications of the treatment, not from the actual disease. Yes, diet...I think an organic diet makes a huge difference, putting more chemicals into a body that is struggling doesnt make a lot of sense. Alot of the meds, even pain meds like morphine, tend to produce angiogenesis in cancer cells and spread the tumors. Im a big believer in the budwig diet and I'm a big believer in meditation and visualisation. I do believe there are alot of other things you can also do to help. For example, biophosponate to stop the spread to bones...blocking the FE+ receptors..cancer cells need iron to divide and multiply, blocking the FE+ receptors deprives them of iron and they cant continue to divide and muliply..there is a chemical in anti-malarial meds that does this. I also strongly believe in Qigong - powerful chinese med to bolster the immune system. Oxidisation treatment, hyperbaric chamber...Dendric cell therapy .. IPT (Insulin Potentiation Therapy), Ultra Violet treatment...there is so much.  Good on you for looking further than the traditional!