Today’s title is such a common cliché.But we must heed the words if we are to improve our world.Take healthcare for instance…
Back in the 1890’s when Chiropractic was at its inception, the MEDICAL profession utilized “bleeding, forced vomiting and laxatives to such an extent that they severely weakened the individual.” (Barge, “Life Without Fear, 2001)Of the most commonly used procedures were calomel for intestinal ulceration which was often fatal to the patient.Arsenic and strychnine were commonly used, but today are considered poisons.And there are many stories of common and famous men and women regarding the use of morphine and opium which lead to addiction.Amputations were common practice in these days.
In the 1900’s it was Thalidomide that was heralded as a savior only to learn that infants were born deformed.Cancer treatments were as likely to harm or kill as the cancers they treated.Radiation was used as a treatment only to learn of its harmful effects.Aspirin relieved pain, but often caused painful stomach ulcers…and it still does.The world of science fiction brought us the fear that aliens would capture us and remove parts or open us up for study.
Even in recent times, Valium has followed the same addictive path of morphine.What did Rush Limbaugh admit addiction to?Celebrex has been removed from the shelves because of patient deaths and vaccines lead to autism and other developmental and learning disorders.And the final straw in my opinion, the realization that medicine is the science fiction novel of the past.I personally have many friends who have had appendixes, gall bladders and spleens removed.I myself have had one of the first lines of bodily defense against infection removed…my tonsils.
WHEN WILL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC LEARN????!!!!
The body heals itself, it happens no other way.Have you more faith in a pill, potion, lotion, or knife than in the power that made the body?We all have cancer, but we are designed with a self-help cell whose sole purpose it is to seek and destroy cancer cells.These cells are not new; they were not placed in our bodies by medical science.We were born with them and have had them since the time of Adam and Eve.The human body has not changed or evolved in the entirety of our existence….Life IS.The odds of life are stacked against us, yet we live and thrive.Do we really believe that our bodies are dumb and incapable of handling the situations presented to us as the medical profession would have us believe?We Americans choose to listen.
It is time for us to learn from history that medications harm and kill.Health and healing come from the inside of the body.That my friends, is how Chiropractic helps.By promoting the designed healthy function of the body.
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