Man Beats Emphysema & COPD in Six Weeks - 10 Advantages of Alternative Medicine

Preface				Mainstream Medicine
Alternative medicine is kind of an umbrella title for				Everyone, even young children, know that the
a number of different health or healing				human body has an innate ability or tendency to
philosophies and approaches to medicine, health				heal itself. For years, mainstream medicine has
and healing. Included in alternative medicine are				tended to ignore or to work against this reality.
homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic care,				Many of their treatments actually suppress the
acupuncture, and natural remedies.				innate processes the body uses to cleanse itself
Many diseases and health conditions (i.e.,				of sickness, disease or condition. In some cases it
emphysema, COPD, arthritis, cancer) have actually				may be necessary to intervene in what the body
been beaten by alternative medicine and natural				may be doing in response to disease, illness,
remedies. However, mainstream medicine has for				conditions or injuries. However, in general, the
years tended to not acknowledge these countless				body knows precisely what to do and is
successes, apparently because they go against its				programmed to instinctively heal itself.
established philosophies, methodologies, and are				One of the common philosophies in alternative
generally far less profitable than their mainstream				medicine is to use treatments that aid, facilitate
treatments.				and strengthen the body's innate healing
From our research and that of many highly				processes in their efforts to restore health and
qualified sources, many safe and effective				balance. To work with, rather than against, the
alternative treatments and remedies have been				self-evident innate healing process, whenever
ignored or even scoffed at for years by				possible, makes sense and has demonstrated
mainstream medical authorities and professionals.				countless successes.
Mainstream medicine has called some alternative				2. Alternative Medicine Tends To Treat Causes
treatments as "unsafe," "unproven", etc. However,				Rather Than Symptoms
consider how many once "approved" mainstream				Mainstream medicine tends to treat symptoms
pharmaceutical drugs, prescribed to millions of				rather than address the underlying causes of
patients, have been recalled due to harm or death				diseases or conditions. Mainstream doctors
to patients? Consider the numerous potential side				generally have their dominant treatments,
effects they list in their ads for their drugs still on				medicines and practices that relatively limit
the market. (Talk about "unsafe"! Yet, they can				experimentation with individual patients. Alternative
label alternative medicine and natural remedies				medicine tends to have more liberty to
"unsafe"?!)				experiment and apply different treatments, and
Alternative medical, health and healing				often experiment until they get results. In general,
"testimonials" have also often been called				their treatments are typically very safe and often
"anecdotes" or "anecdotal evidence;" sometimes,				natural. (Alternative medicine practitioners often
as in a court room, such can be called "hearsay."				do and should earn income from their practices
Some anecdotal evidence does not qualify as				and products; but could it be that there is much
scientific evidence because its nature prevents it				more money in symptom management in the
from being investigated using the scientific				mainstream camps?)
method. We're not discounting the scientific				3. Alternative Medicine Tends To Embrace And
method at all; it certainly has its place, and it is				Work With The Subjective Realities Of The Mind,
one of the single greatest strategies and reasons				Belief, Expectation, Emotions, Attitude, etc. Of
for humanity's greatest advances in science,				The Whole Person
technology and medicine in the last two centuries.				Mainstream medicine has for decades tended to
There is truly "hearsay" and there is "anecdotal				dismiss the powerful realities and roles that belief,
evidence." Applying these labels too broadly,				expectancy and emotions play in health and
however, can shade or hide the reality of truly				healing. Double-blind tests and objectivity are often
valuable and valid research and results. This				highly necessary and important. However, belief,
terminology or labeling can be accurate (i.e., illogical				expectation and other factors are also important
conclusions), desirable and necessary in many				and powerful when it comes to health and healing.
situations. "Goat yogurt mixed with bananas and				The internal, subjective experience of a subject is
peanuts prolongs life. I heard of a man who ate				crucial and cannot be denied. Many people today
this almost every day of his life, and he lived to				are aware that the human mind and imagination
be 112." This would be a simplistic example of				hold unrealized potential in many areas, including
hearsay or anecdotal evidence; the conclusion is				health and healing. Consider the amazing
unreliable and does not follow the evidence. Such				experiments, results and fun that have been
cases may hold some truth, but, by their nature,				attained from hypnosis - by the belief of the
using the scientific method is not possible.				mind. In education, whether a student can or can't
However, with many successful alternative				do a given task, is often determined by his or her
treatments and natural remedies, we are				level of belief and expectation. This is known as
suggesting that there is often a much higher level				"self-fulfilling prophecy."
of correlation linking them to health or healing,				In the medical field, it has been effectively
even though the scientific method may not be				demonstrated that a single thought (with emotion)
applicable. (Mainstream medical authorities have in				can dramatically affect a subject's white blood cell
the past tended to discount claims or research				count which is crucial to the immune systems and
that wasn't conducted with the scientific				healing. In subjects who were asked to think of
methodology). (Many celebrities, professional				an experience that caused them some sort of
athletes, politicians, and other wealthy people are				negative feeling, their white blood count almost
seekers and strong supporters of alternative				immediately went down. In the same subjects,
medicine, natural remedies, etc. Such high				when asked to think of something positive, their
performance people need, want and demand high				white blood cell counts almost immediately sky
performance supplements, practices and				rocketed far above the baseline.
treatments for their minds and bodies. Why				It has also been demonstrated that laughter can
shouldn't you and your family have the same? )				enhance the white blood cell count, healing
Objectivity is foundational to the scientific method;				endorphins and functions of immune system. Even
however, in the area of medicine and healing, the				the Good Book reveals being happy is good like a
subjective, human realities of the patient (i.e.,				medicine (Proverbs 17:22). Mainstream medicine,
belief, expectation, attitude, commitment, family				for years, has tended to ignore or discount such
or environmental support, etc.) have abundantly				subjective experiments. Objectivity is often
been demonstrated to play major roles in healing.				important, but to deny and investigate without
But such real factors and dimensions cannot easily				acknowledging the subjective experience - is to
be incorporated by the scientific method;				deny or ignore reality.
therefore, other methods of measurement,				4. Alternative Medicine Is Not Dependent Upon
research and investigation are necessary.				Patented Drugs
Again, the scientific method is highly necessary				Mainstream medicine tends to support and is
and deserves glorious credit. But scientists,				highly dependent upon the pharmaceutical
researchers, doctors, etc., need to have the				industry, which often uses unnatural substances.
wisdom to know when it is needed or applicable;				Apparently, substances that are naturally-occurring
they, and we, need to have the wisdom not to				cannot be patented. From what we understand,
discount or discredit evidence simply because it				this is generally why the pharmaceutical
has not or cannot be investigated by the scientific				companies tend to create their own substances,
method.				so they can obtain patents and so gain higher
With the human, subjective variables being very				profits. Again, some medications are necessary
real, medicine, health and healing can be				and beneficial. But, again, consider the many once
somewhat more complicated than, say, the				"approved" drugs that have been recalled due to
aerodynamics of flight, or other areas of				harm and even deaths. Consider the many
technology. It seems that to simply label evidence				potential side-effects they list in the ads of drugs
that doesn't fit the strict western scientific				currently on the market. (Uh, no thanks . . . I'd
methodology, simply because scientists can't fully				rather keep my disease!)
explain or predict a claim, or that its nature				Alternative medicine is not generally into patenting
prevents such strategy, would be closed minded.				their substances, or at least is not as dependent
Some factors, variables or dimensions of the				upon patents. And their treatments are typically
human experience are simply broader than the				safe when used correctly, or are natural. Yes,
scientific methodology allows.				even "natural" substances can be unsafe, but they
As can be seen as you investigate alternative				must be used appropriately. Alternative
medicine-great results have been realized from				treatments aren't always successful. But often
alternative medicine, natural remedies, etc.; such				treatments can easily be modified or changed until
results are undeniable.				something does work.
Mainstream medicine places a high value upon				5. Alternative Medicine Tends To Have A Broader
being able to explain "why" a tested treatment				Perspective Of Health and Healing, Allowing More
works; if they can't explain it or it isn't predictable				Flexibility and Adaptability When Treating Patients
by their standards, they tend to discount or				Mainstream medicine tends to be limited in its
discredit the substance, treatment or practice.				approaches and treatments, generally staying
Yes, it is worthy to want to know why				solely with medical school practices. How many
something works or doesn't work. However,				times have you heard of a doctor giving up on a
wisdom from positive results would seem to say,				patient and sending them home to die? Yet,
"Use it ... as you continue to investigate the "why"				alternative medicine has many types of
of it." (Again, consider the countless dangers and				treatments, and is credited with actually healing a
deaths that have resulted from mainstream				good percentage of patients in the late stages of
"approved" drugs, treatments and practices ...				diseases (after their mainstream doctors had
many of which the public is little aware.)				given up on them). Jim's doctor had given him
Bottom line is-the alternative treatments and				only 6 months to live; but after he started the
natural remedies we support and use have				alternative, natural treatment for his emphysema,
demonstrated a much higher degree of value and				his lungs became 70% clear in only six weeks.
validity than simple "hearsay" or "anecdotal				And this was revealed and stated by his doctor
evidence." A real "truth seeker" will not let fear,				who had given up on him.
bias, ego or an agenda interfere with gaining truth				Again, alternative medicine treatments aren't
and facts.				always effective. But they have demonstrated
In recent years millions of common people have				much more effectiveness than some of
been awakened to the value and validity of				mainstream medicine's treatments. After Jim's
alternative medicine and natural remedies; now,				doctor told him he had only six months to live, he
even mainstream practitioners are opening their				had no hope, and hopelessness has been linked to
minds to them. Here a few examples. For years,				early deaths. Without hope, it has been observed,
chiropractic care was basically scoffed at; but				the mind and body tend to weaken and slowly
now chiropractic care is so widely embraced that				shut down, thus bringing on death sooner. Once
many insurance companies cover it and countless				Jim heard about the treatment that saved his life,
people have benefited from it. For years,				he began to have hope. Hope wasn't really
alternative doctors and health practitioners				necessary with the treatment that he used (as it
asserted that good nutrition and cleansing the				has been used successfully on people who had
body of toxins were crucial to good health and				little or no expectation of it). However, hope was
healing; yet mainstream medicine tended to				enough to get him to try it and take action. (Jim
downplay their importance. Now, after years of				has been thankful for 20 years since.)
alternative medicine making progress, an				Alternative medicine has a broader perspective,
increasing number of mainstream practitioners are				approach and adaptability than does mainstream
open to these truths and even practice them				medicine. Thankfully, mainstream medicine in
personally themselves. This is good news! These				recent years is more accommodating of
mainstream medical professionals are to be				alternative medicine; they sometimes refer to it
appreciated for being forward-thinking!				as "complimentary medicine." Many alternative
A third example is that, for years, alternative				therapies will not conflict with mainstream
professionals asserted that antibiotics were way				medicine treatments so they can often be done
over prescribed by mainstream doctors. Now, in				along with mainstream treatments.
recent years, mainstream sources have come to				6. Alternative Medicine Fundamentally Embraces
acknowledge this, as some harmful microbes				The Now-Known Reality That Good Nutrition,
have become immune to the over prescribed				Balancing And Cleansing The Body Is Fundamental
antibiotics. Once again, alternative medicine				To Health And Healing
revealed and proclaimed truth that is now being				For decades, mainstream medicine in general has
received. We are not attempting to discount or				tended to downplay and even sometimes mock
diminish the value and validity of mainstream				the importance of nutrition, balancing, and
medicine. It definitely has its place. And we				cleansing the body. Yet, properly nourishing,
definitely acknowledge and appreciate the truly				balancing and cleansing the body has
dedicated mainstream medical professionals who				demonstrated many times that it can greatly
both practice and advance beneficial methods of				assist the body in healing itself. Now, after years
medical innovations. In our opinion, there is no				of alternative assertions as to the importance of
better place to go for injuries or trauma than a				these, even many mainstream practitioners are
mainstream medical hospital!				now eating healthier, taking nutritional supplements,
We're just saying that, when it comes to general				exercising, and balancing and cleansing their own
health and healing of diseases and conditions like				bodies personally.
emphysema, cancer, COPD, arthritis, etc., both				Mainstream medical students, at least in the past,
mainstream and alternative treatments should be				receive relatively few hours of training in nutrition
openly and fairly considered. This seems to be				as compared with many hours of their other
"common sense" wisdom. When you begin to look				medical training. This seems to reveal that
into the successes of alternative medicine, it will				mainstream medicine has not tended to value the
soon become apparent that the countless				importance of how critical properly nourishing and
successes and testimonials cannot be denied. Five,				cleansing the body is to general health and healing.
ten or twenty success testimonials from a single				(A crazy thought: If society was much healthier in
source could be overlooked. However, a broader				general from better nutrition and cleansing, maybe
view will reveal that there are countless				we wouldn't need less of the not-so-healthy drugs
successes, from many diverse and highly credible				of mainstream medicine.) Of course their other
sources of alternative medicine and natural				medical training is important. However, in recent
remedies. Many such successes are from late				years, it is great news that even mainstream
stage patients who mainstream medicine had				medical sources are now realizing the extreme
exhausted their limited treatments on, and sent				importance of good nutrition as alternative
them home to prepare to die. Yet, alternative				practitioners have asserted for decades.
medicine is credited with a good percentage of				Now, more and more people are being educated
restoring the health of such late-stage patients, or				by alternative medical knowledge. We are realizing
at least extending their lives and allowing them to				the almost common sense that cells need proper
experience a higher quality of life in their final days				nutrition to be healthy, that the functions of the
(as compared to what they likely would have had				body need to be balanced, and that, as the
under mainstream treatment or hospitalization).				processes of food are being converted into
At some point in one's investigation of the				energy, toxins are (the by-products that
subject, it becomes apparent that to discount or				accumulate in the cells) major contributors of
deny these many diverse successes would be				disease and adverse conditions. As an automobile
ignorant and closed minded. One man, Jim, was				needs appropriate fuel, the systems need to be in
told by his mainstream doctor that there was				tune (balanced) (i.e., clean spark plugs), and the
nothing else he could do for him, and that he				exhaust needs to be effectively released - so too
would die in about six months from his				do our bodies. With nutrition, balancing and
emphysema and COPD. Shortly after, however,				cleansing as important as they are now generally
Jim discovered and began a long established, but				known to be to health and healing, it would be
still relatively little-known alternative treatment.				wise to be open to the professional knowledge of
Just six weeks later Jim returned to his				someone who is knowledgeable in these areas.
mainstream doctor. After some tests, his doctor				One woman totally healed herself of breast
exclaimed in amazement: "Whatever you've been				cancer, and much of her "treatment" was getting
doing - keep doing it! Your lungs are 70% clear!"				excellent nutrition. Incidentally, this woman was
Jim is still living - over 20 years since his doctor				and is a mainstream medical doctor who once
gave him a six months "death sentence." The				worked in a mainstream hospital. The more you
treatment Jim used to beat emphysema, COPD				learn about proper nutrition, quite possibly, which is
and arthritis in six weeks has also been used by				the natural tendency of life - you may find you
thousands of people to heal or greatly improve				need medicine and doctor's appointments less and
many other diseases and conditions.				less. Proper nutrition, cleansing and exercise are
True science, whether in medicine or any other				foundational to alternative medicine.
field, should constantly be open to evidence -				7. Alternative Medicine Practitioners Are Generally
even if the body of evidence is contrary to the				Highly Informed About The Treatments They
scientist or investigator's premises, hypothesis or				Prescribe Or Administer As Opposed To
expectations. It has been said that the evidence				Mainstream Doctors Who Are Often "Educated"
of an experiment or study is dictated by the				By Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives About
hypothesis. In a way, this perspective is				Their Latest Approved Drugs
necessary and even inherently desirable in the				As many new approved pharmaceutical drugs are
scientific process. (Double-blind studies and				released on the market each year, mainstream
experiments are indeed important and often				medical doctors tend to know relatively little about
necessary and desired.) A scientist should or may				them, especially if the doctors have been out of
have some expectations in the testing of his or				medical school for years. So the doctors are
her hypothesis. However, if they don't have a				typically educated about the new drugs by the
grounding or value beyond their results, a purpose				respective pharmaceutical company sales
that is to get at truth that goes beyond their				representatives. Alternative medicine doctors or
expectations or purpose - a bias can sway or				practitioners are typically very educated about
elevate their agenda above truth and that which				the treatments they prescribe, administer or
may potentially benefit society. And, even with a				suggest.
justifiable and worthy profit motive, if benefiting				8. Alternative Medicine Tends To Avoid
society or whatever is not the ultimate aim, then				Dependency On Treatments
hindering truth can be harmful to individuals,				Again, the human body instinctively and naturally
society, and/or the environment.				tends to try to heal itself and to get itself back to
To hold one's foundational assumptions above the				homeostasis, health, wholeness, and ease (as
evidence blinds one to truth and reality; and				opposed to "dis-eased"), externally and internally.
getting at truth and reality should be the guiding				A disease, illness, condition, ailment or injury is a
vision of science, medical or otherwise. Anything				health crisis. It seems that the role of any
less is to devalue and hinder progress that could				medicine should be to get the body out of a
likely benefit others. Yes, profit can and should be				state of health crisis as soon as possible. Yet,
made. Profit is foundational to the stability and				mainstream medicine tends to create a
advance of the company or institution, and				dependency upon a medication. This is basically
economics in general. Devoid of some fair degree				symptom management. Alternative medicine's
of profit motive, the expressions of gifts and				primary purpose is, in general, to get the body
talents of human creativity and innovation would				out of a health crisis as soon as possible, and
be hindered. But profit or power can wrongfully				eliminate or minimize dependency.
become more important than people, animals or				9. Alternative Medicine's Treatments, Especially
the environment. Unfortunately, in the real world,				Natural Remedies, Often Can Remedy More Than
this has been the case too many times				One Disease, Illness, Condition or Symptom At
throughout history as well as today.				The Same Time
The key to true and beneficial "advancement" is				Many alternative treatments, especially natural
to evaluate and proceed with a care and concern				remedies, can remedy more than one disease,
for the long-term effects at all levels (human,				condition or ailment at a time. Diseases, conditions
animal and environment). The primary standard				or ailments at the causal levels can often manifest
and directive, then, as the creatures on earth				themselves with multiple symptoms. When a
who impact the world more than any other -				disease or condition is treated at the causal level,
should be to value life at all levels. So, whether it				or the body is effectively supported, oftentimes -
is medicine or another area of science, alternative				multiple symptoms have been known to reduce
ideas that demonstrate safety and effectiveness,				or disappear. When the immune system or
even if they are not as profitable - should be				affected organs are strengthened, it is common
allowed and supported to the benefit of humanity,				sense that they would be stronger in general to
individually and collectively. Again, mainstream				fight off other forms of disease, illness or
medicine and the pharmaceutical industry have				conditions.
done much good for the benefit of society.				Jim did the treatment that saved his life for his
However, to varying degrees and for various				emphysema and COPD. However, weeks later -
reasons, many of the beneficial discoveries,				he discovered that the arthritis he had for years
advances and successes of alternative medicine -				also had disappeared. Doing this treatment was
have too long been ignored or discounted by				the only thing he changed in his life-style during
mainstream medical sources. These many				that time, so it was highly likely the treatment got
successes of alternative medicine are realities that				the credit. In fact, he never even quit smoking
anyone can quickly discover as they begin to look				during that time of treatment, nor during all these
into the subject with an open mind.				20 years since. Many people have experienced
Wisdom is essentially the proper application of				multiple healings from a single alternative
knowledge and understanding that tends to bring				treatment or remedy.
good and beneficial results. We believe wisdom,				10. Alternative Medicine's Treatments Can Often
when it comes to health and healing, comes from				Be Done Without Medical Oversight And
an informed and balanced perspective in various				Knowledge Can Empower Individuals and Families
areas of medicine. To expand one's view and				To Improve Their Own Health Many alternative
perspective, we much expand or shift our				treatments, especially natural remedies, can be
perception and understanding from merely disease				done without medical intervention, oversight or
control and symptom management to focus				prescription. A great thing about alternative
more on health principles, prevention, and healing				medicine is that you can learn much of it on your
at the causal levels. Disease is essentially the body				own just by reading what qualified sources have
"not-at-ease", out of balance or not in				to say. And this can lead to less dependency upon
homeostasis. As it is evident that the body has				medicine and incurring medical expenses. And
innate processes that tend to try to heal itself,				many alternative medicine doctors and
the body innately tries to move toward				practitioners actually practice a philosophy of
homeostasis (balance and a state of health and				educating their patients to not to need them so
"ease"). When given what it needs, the body can				much in the future.
frequently be successful. A balanced perspective				It generally takes initiative and effort to think and
in medicine and healing, then, can only come from				learn about alternative medicine and remedies.
knowing the truths and realities, of the benefits				This requires personal responsibility ... which is why
and successes, of the diverse areas of all forms				the majority of people would prefer to not
of healing.				expend the time and energy to learn for
Mainstream medicine, pharmaceutical drugs and				themselves, thus often relying blindly upon their
alternative medicine each have their place and				doctors. However, as is consistent with life and
beneficial purposes. With the mainstream				reality, the long term effort of personal
establishments having the dominant advantages in				responsibility and gaining knowledge pays bountiful
society, which often conflicts with the philosophies				rewards.
and practices of the lesser known areas of				We hope this article has encouraged and excited
alternative medicine, we believe it is important to				you to begin or continue your personal discovery
share some of the advantages. There are many				of the value, validity and advantages of the many
advantages of alternative medicine, natural				areas and successes of alternative medicine.
remedies, etc., but we present ten here that are				NECESSARY DISCLAIMER:The information in this
fundamental. To these purposes, we present to				report and in the e-book has not been evaluated
you ...				by the FDA. The information is not intended to
10 ADVANTAGES OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE				treat, diagnose or prevent any disease, illness or
AND NATURAL REMEDIES				condition; it is for educational purposes only. It is
(Fact: Emphysema, COPD, arthritis, asthma,				recommended that before attempting any
bronchitis, cancer, and other diseases have been				treatment you educate yourself as much as
beaten ... thanks to alternative medicine and				possible and gain sound medical advice, preferably
natural remedies!)				by a medical practitioner who is open to and/or
1. Alternative Medicine Tends To Support The				educated in the diverse areas of alternative
Innate Healing Processes Of The Body More Than				medicine.

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Man Beats Emphysema & COPD in Six Weeks - 10 Advantages of Alternative Medicine