Health Care: Traditional or Alternative

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Feel free to elaborate. Do you think Mainstream medicine is a good for emergencies but poor at wellness? Do you think alternative/natural medicine is quackery?

Have you ever tried to heal yourself outside of traditional doctors and been successful?

Doesn't matter who "wins" the poll. I'm just curious for impressions.

Poll Question: Which path of care do you use more?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Traditional Doctors / Prescription Drugs / Surgery	6	[50.00%]
Alternative Medicine / Herbs/supplements / Chiropractor	3	[25.00%]
Both	3	[25.00%]
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Finnforest Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 16913	Post Options Post Reply Quote Finnforest Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Health Care: Traditional or Alternative Posted: May 03 2019 at 19:47
	Feel free to elaborate. Do you think Mainstream medicine is a good for emergencies but poor at wellness? Do you think alternative/natural medicine is quackery? Have you ever tried to heal yourself outside of traditional doctors and been successful? Doesn't matter who "wins" the poll. I'm just curious for impressions.


Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64353	Post Options Post Reply Quote Atavachron Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 03 2019 at 21:40
	I voted 'Both' because it seems like the wisest option and trad. healthcare has basically worked for me, but that's because I'm healthy and have good genes and it's easier for me to look at both Alt & Trad healthcare as viable because either way I'll heal. If one is in a catastrophic situation then thank goodness for modern medicine, but I've also gotten excellent guidance from Eastern doctors who steered me away from unnecessary surgery and treatments. I don't know... I guess I've always depended on the kindness of strangers.
	"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy

2dogs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 03 2011 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 705	Post Options Post Reply Quote 2dogs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 03 2019 at 23:37
	I can only suggest you look into how the bodily systems that pharmaceutical drugs mess with actually work and what the drugs do to them before deciding whether to take any .
	"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten" - Marie Antoinette

Vompatti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: October 22 2005 Location: elsewhere Status: Offline Points: 67381	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vompatti Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 04 2019 at 07:55
	Neither, but I would rather go for alternative.

Snicolette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 02 2018 Location: OR Status: Offline Points: 5972	Post Options Post Reply Quote Snicolette Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 04 2019 at 08:27
	I will vote for both. Some things kind of seem to work better with traditional medicine, some alternative. I think because of the variations in patients, it just stands to reason that there is no panacea. I take quite a lot of supplements, I have found that some help and some don't, will usually take a new one for a while, then back off of it and see if it did make any improvement to whatever issue. Same with dietary changes. I also prefer to stay away from invasive things, unless absolutely necessary. And then, at my age, will weigh whether to prolong it is worth it, when the time comes.
	"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

someone_else Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 23996	Post Options Post Reply Quote someone_else Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 04 2019 at 09:16
	I tend to cling to traditional health care. Although some alternatives may be fine, many others may be dismissed as quackery.


ExittheLemming Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11415	Post Options Post Reply Quote ExittheLemming Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 04 2019 at 09:32
	Until such time as you see a homeopathic ambulance in your rear view mirror, best to leave this to the professionals methinks....

dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20468	Post Options Post Reply Quote dr wu23 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 04 2019 at 11:18
	Well...being an actual OD..Optometrist...I'll choose Rx drugs and surgery because if you are truly sick or need surgery natural stuff just won't cut it...in those cases. But I'm not against supplements like natural herbs , vitamins, and exercise, etc as an adjunct.
	One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin

Snicolette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 02 2018 Location: OR Status: Offline Points: 5972	Post Options Post Reply Quote Snicolette Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 04 2019 at 14:02
	Yep, and they can certainly assist if whatever it is isn't so severe that it requires surgical intervention.
	"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

Blacksword Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130	Post Options Post Reply Quote Blacksword Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 22 2019 at 03:13
	I'd go to a traditional doctor, than witchdoctor/herbalist etc, any day. Medicine is a science, and science is validated by data, not unverified anecdotes. There's something to be said for the placebo effect, of course, but i'm depressed at the number of charlatans on Youtube telling you how to cure stage 4 lung cancer with carrots.
	Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!