| Some 30 or 40 years ago, there was general belief that "scientific medicine" would in short order obliterate just about all disease. Optimism continued to mount as new antibiotics and tranquilizers were discovored, new surgical pmcedures devised and space age diagnostic techniques perfected. For a while it seemed that if we could all live just a few more years, new discoveries might make us immune to death itself. Looking back, we can see that the party mood began to sour about I0 or 15 years ago. More and more people suspected that medicine s voyage of discovery had degenerated into a mere joyride of doctoring. Antibiotics and tranquilizers were pmscribed and swallowed--like Good & Plenty s. X rays were ordered for trivial masons. Surgeryrates climbed like the bull stock market, and medical bills followed. It was not just an innocent burst of enthusiasm. Real harm wasdone. Drugs, we all learned, sometimes had a tail called "side effects."Needless X rays were thought to promote cancer. Many operations, welearned, were ineffective or unnecessary or both. But that s only half of the new perspective. The other half has thisto say: Even when done correctly, even when done with care andcompassion, the medical approach to disease is incomplete. Wonderful,yes. But not quite the whole answer. . What it ignores is the dimension of natural healing: strcngtheningthe body s immune system through nutritional and other naturalmeans; physical therapies; stress reduction; diet improvement; andlifestyle change. To ignore these factors is to forgo, perhaps, a muchmore conservative, perhaps even more effective treatment. And evenwhen extensive medical intervention is required, we now know, thebattle against disease cannot be won by medicine alone. Unless thebody has sufficient vitality to recover from the trauma of intervention,then reestablish a state of health that will prevent the return of disease,medicine may be for naught. Some people reacting against what they see as overdoctering haverejected the technological approach almost completely. They havemtumed, in effect, to the 19th century, relying on herbs, untested dietsand unscientific procedures to treat all illness. But there is no need to reject all of modern medicine because of its~casional excesses. Nor is total rejection very smart. Today, we are inthe unique position of being able to take advantage of the besttechnological medical care and the best natural healing techniques. By using both approaches, as dictated by good sense, we canliterally enjoy the best of two worlds. The information and ideas in this book are therefore meant tocomplement the guidance you receive from your physician, not toreplace it. Doctors today are becoming more aware of the alternative andnatural approaches to health and may be perfectly willing to discussthem with a patient who expresses interest. Many readers will find this volume of The Prevention Total HealthSystem~ to be of special interest. It may well open a new world of healthpossibilities to you. Read it, learn and, together with your doctor, arrivest a weU-munded plan of health-restoring therapy. |
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