Forget about the crystals
As an integrative doctor, I keep open thoughts about new methods for assessing disease and treating diseases. My interest and desire for additional or alternative medical therapy led me to the selective integration of some of what I met. For example, in my practice I cover acupuncture for the diagnosis and treatment of certain disease states. In addition, traditional Chinese herbal medicine and western herbs have been very useful and have been successful for many of our patients. However, many argue that they are practitioners of "alternative medicine" who pray for the credulous and the ignorant. This fact hit homes more than ever when I attended and participated in the Holistic Expo in Atlanta in mid-September this year. I was a guest speaker on super-equivalents in the field of health and longevity and was present at the Expo floor to promote my line of food additives and integrative practice in Savannah. After reviewing over 160 stands for vendors and reviewing the list of lectures, I was shocked and horrified by what I saw.
To my surprise, the main part of the “practitioners” present at this supposed health (“Mind-body-spirit”) turned out to be charlatans, fakes and charlatans. They did not provide any credentials and did not carry out certification. There was no governing body that followed what they offered or preached. I was more struck by the number of exhibition visitors who were deceived, believing that “healing” was actually taking place. I consider these people as artists, but, of course, not healers. Many of the providers offered their services or goods for sale on site. A typical "Divine psychic reading" could cost up to $ 35. A crystal session was $ 5 per minute. And people lined up for this. I was very uncomfortable and a lot of space for this group. The supplier to my immediate left description was three “healers,” a man who would sketch your spiritual drawing, and two women, one psychic, the other a card reader. Opposite me was a distance learning “institute” seller who offered “degrees” in the fields of nutrition, herbology, spiritual healing and Reiki. To my right was a “massage therapist / guide / healer” who several times sacrificed his victim on the table, where he would rub them quite aggressively and agitate the stones and crystals above their heads and chest. Another booth offered spontaneous healing when practitioners walked around their victim, chanting their hands, trying to drive out the evil forces causing the disease. They also repeatedly demonstrated a videotape about a non-surgical method of extracting tumors from their bodies, seemingly through instantaneous healing.
Those in the booths (and in the lecture hall) assume that they can provide incredible health tips from celebrities on the other side (Celebrity Channelers). Many of them were divine psychics, and in the same room offered "aromatherapy" for people and pets. One Indian guy from Indian clothes spoke about "Meetings with your totem animal." What else, others talked about "Sonic Angel" and "Turbo Tantra" music. The couple had people buying crystal balls set in a wooden box that could diagnose a disease called “Life of the Chakra”. While others offered access to Akashic Records.
Surprised that so many people interested in such “alternative” healing statements make me ask questions. Where is modern medicine wrong to make people accept or believe in the irrational? What have we done as doctors to make people accept such stupid concepts and odd alternative treatments? Why does a traditional doctor despise these people? Yes, there is a real dislike for allopathic medicine and its practitioners. The rhetoric that is heard on these stands is ridiculous. Many complaints about doctors are based on erroneous or accidental observations, anecdotal horror stories with a large number of "back" and those who have an ax. I have to admit that some complaints are legitimate, but not so bad as to consider an alternative.
Have we sold or souls to pharmaceutical companies, since we were charged? Have we been drawn into the pressure put on us by the current atmosphere of guided care? Have we been satisfied with our feelings towards public and private insurance claims and medical negligence trials? I still hope for our ability to transform this trend and save our reputation with these people and discourage those who are looking for health to waste their time, money and energy on such charlatans and charlatans. If we decide not to pay attention to our patients, we will only aggravate this step because we, as doctors, know to be effective medical care and push them to the circus of sometimes harmful "educators."
As a person who agrees with sound supplementary medical therapy, without giving up traditional allopathic medicine, I consider that I have a license to be a critic and write this article. I only embrace what has been shown after careful study in order to be effective and useful as a treatment. Charles T. Spradingzh once said: "Knowledge consists in understanding evidence, confirming a fact, and not in the conviction that this is a fact."
Therefore, it is a call for those who seek healing and well-being. Until now, do not give up in a medical institution, despite the many negative presses, we still offer the best health / care for patients with proven experience. And since the published misinformation, many of us support and support our Hippocratic Oath. Even some of us are open enough to understand that our allopathic education does not give us all the answers, and we are constantly looking for new and better ways to take care of our patients.
