Alternative medicine / healing
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 4:23 pm
I was wondering how do people view the so called alternative medications (such as homeopathy, herbal remedies) or healing (for example energy healing, shamanic techniques etc)- with this I mean what we here in the west consider as "softer" or "not scientific" options? Do you have any experiences with these?
Personally I am a little bit for and a quite bit against. I think there's a great number of people who are not learned enough to call themselves healers. This can be a question of self deceit or just egoism, but I do believe that the new age movement for example houses quite a lot of folk with somewhat unethical or unhealthy opinions. I would place most energy healers in this lot and tend to mistrust anyone who has some kind of marketing plan behind them. These days, everyone is a self- proclaimed shaman it seems...!
I do, however, have good experiences from homeopathy. My family had a dog who was in constant pain due to a malfunction of bone tissue growth in his legs. The x-rays revealed that his front legs were a firework of bone shrapnel. Everything the vet could think of had been tried, and finally they said we have to put the dog down. As a final attempt, homeopathy was tried, and it worked. A apathetic dog got up and started to play. He even liked running and jumping, something that hurt him a lot before. He lived to be quite old.
Of course, with animals it's difficult to tell- is one merely making the symptom go away, or is the actual problem relieved as well.
I've had help from homeopathy as well. It's possible that it was a mere placebo effect, but I could certainly see and feel my body cleansing itself. Placebo or not, I began to feel better.
In a way I am attracted to the idea that one ought to try and heal the energetic body (well, of course if a bone is broken, there's no herbal drops to fix that- it needs to be put back on its place), especially when doing occult studies. For this, alternative remedies could work. I notice I've become more sensitive to outside effects, such as different plants. Some agitate me, others can aid in many ways.
Personally I am a little bit for and a quite bit against. I think there's a great number of people who are not learned enough to call themselves healers. This can be a question of self deceit or just egoism, but I do believe that the new age movement for example houses quite a lot of folk with somewhat unethical or unhealthy opinions. I would place most energy healers in this lot and tend to mistrust anyone who has some kind of marketing plan behind them. These days, everyone is a self- proclaimed shaman it seems...!
I do, however, have good experiences from homeopathy. My family had a dog who was in constant pain due to a malfunction of bone tissue growth in his legs. The x-rays revealed that his front legs were a firework of bone shrapnel. Everything the vet could think of had been tried, and finally they said we have to put the dog down. As a final attempt, homeopathy was tried, and it worked. A apathetic dog got up and started to play. He even liked running and jumping, something that hurt him a lot before. He lived to be quite old.
Of course, with animals it's difficult to tell- is one merely making the symptom go away, or is the actual problem relieved as well.
I've had help from homeopathy as well. It's possible that it was a mere placebo effect, but I could certainly see and feel my body cleansing itself. Placebo or not, I began to feel better.
In a way I am attracted to the idea that one ought to try and heal the energetic body (well, of course if a bone is broken, there's no herbal drops to fix that- it needs to be put back on its place), especially when doing occult studies. For this, alternative remedies could work. I notice I've become more sensitive to outside effects, such as different plants. Some agitate me, others can aid in many ways.