Posted by Meri-Tuuli on October 13, 2006, at 14:47:47
In reply to Re: Lack of research behind herbs legitimate complaint » psychobot5000, posted by Jlx on October 12, 2006, at 19:28:54
Hey Jlx,
> I also believe that the whole point of alernative therapies is to be holistic in using them.
This is so incrediably true IMHO. For instance, I've been seeing a herbalist and a pdoc. The herbalist has the holistic blurb in her leaflet, and I pretty much ignored it, expecting her to have to cater for the 'alternative' types...as much as I prefer alternatives, its only because of cold facts (although I suppose I am more alterative than the average person) - ie they have less side effects etc etc rather than being a particulary 'alternative' type person, I mean I believe in science, I mean, I'm not into 'new age healing' and things, and definately not things like crystal therapy - I'm a geologist for heavens sake! Quartz is the most natually occuring mineral on the planet....anyway I'm losing the plot...but yeah.....
So I was saying, yeah after my appointments with my herbalist, I feel engergized, I feel abit better, I...I don't know, it just generally feels good. After seeing my pdoc, I usually burst into tears.....pdocs, for instance seem to only ask questions like, 'how is the medication working' or things like that. Well I don't know, I can't explain it, then I realised the whole holistic thing..... and they way they treat a patient is sort of, complete opposite! A pdoc treats you like a problem that needs to be fixed, whereas the herbalist, I don't know what she does, but its good....she sort of, well Idon't know, the only thing I can say is its the 'holistic' thing going on.
Well, I'm going on now..... !
Kind regards
Meri
PS thanks for finding those studies on SJW.... I don't have the energy to write long informative posts like that!
Yeah i've done myself far far more good than anyone in the healthcare industry has. It makes me mad even to this day - I was sleeping like 12+ hours a day on celexa, and I said to my doctor 'I'm sleeping 12+ hours a day - its not normal' but did he connect it to the only thing I was taking at the time, the celexa??? No, he didn't. I found out myself that celexa can cause tiredness, apathy etc.....man. So then I weaned myself of it, blah blah. This place (babble) has been the best doc i've ever seen.....
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