In all fairness to the concept of naturopathy, there's nothing wrong with seeing the human body as a "whole" and using its natural healing abilities to treat ailments.

I have seen enormous mistakes made by western doctors trying to "fix" something that wasn't really broken. They often treat symptoms rather than ailments. I knew a man who was on hypertension medication for his slightly elevated blood pressure. He then pointed out that the same doctor put him on "uppers" about six months later because he was frequently feeling groggy and lethargic.

You figure it out. All he really needed was a healthy diet and exercise.

My own story involves chiropractics. I was in excruciating pain for years folliwng a simple fall. Three doctors, two physical therapists and two chiropractors did nothing for me. They all treated the symptom... a tearing pain in my right shoulder. Finally, I found a chiropractor who discovered a series of vertebrae that were consistently pinching the nerves leading to my lower back, causing the muscles in my upper back to contract and (literally) rip the shoulder blade off my rib cage.

Western medicine prescribed pain killers and surgery. In six months my chiro put me back to a point I'd never been at, even before the accident. No drugs. No surgery. No herbs. And most importantly, no pain. Just good, common sense and a straightening of a messed up alignment. He let my own body do the rest.

As with any discipline, there are those who abuse it. Zahi Hawass and Joann Fletcher comes to mind....




Anthony

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.