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Dr. K's avatar

As a many decade practitioner who has made it my mission to always put the patient in front of the line, I have always believed that the thousands of years old statement by Hippocrates of Kos still says it best:

"It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has".

That has always been prominently displayed everywhere I work and I take it seriously. Much of the misdirection in medicine has come from the seductive ease of dealing with the disease rather than the person. Those of us that have been battling that approach for years are encouraged by the increasing numbers of good folk that are recognizing this.

Glad you are doing what you are doing. There cannot be enough people doing so.

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Frances Leader's avatar

I have worked in the "forgotten side of medicine" for many decades. I studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and specialised in raw herb treatments, hands-on healing and teaching self diagnosis.

In 2003 the UK government made the import of many Chinese raw herbs illegal citing bogus stories of toxicity or risk. I was put out of business, sold up and moved to Spain where I bought an off-grid fruit farm.

Subsequently I realised that I could grow many of the vital herbs I needed or I could forage for them on the mountainside where I lived.

Now, back in the UK, retired and getting past my prime I have been mortified by the grip allopathic medicine has on the public. There is abject panic perpetrated by the media and politicians making proclamations about health, a subject that few of them truly understand. Just looking at the state of them tells me this....

The forgotten side of medicine is ancient and obscured from view. Allopathy is relatively young and rammed in our faces 24/7. If you are really keen to explore the old forgotten ways be prepared for a lengthy study, a lot of opposition, even death threats or attempts.

Be wise to the motivation of the profession you represent. It will do everything it can to suppress the truth and preserve its self esteem.

I warn you. The Rockefeller Institute created hatred for the old ways and it is unlikely to stand by and watch its dominion over our thought processes decline.

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