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I have no intension of using any other treatments. I have confidence in this clinic and also I´ve already paid my 900 swedish crowns ($119) which makes my county healthcare free for a year forward. If I was to let my friend heal me again. I´m sure he´ll do that for free.
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05-02-2006, 01:23 PM | #23 |
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Sometimes what is considered "alternative medicine" can make the jump to accepted scientific fact.
For example, at one point believers in folk medicine would drink a tea brewed from the bark of the willow tree to relieve pain and reduce fever. Some scientists scoffed at this idea, and dismissed any resultant benefits as psychosomatic at best. Other more open-minded scientists began doing experiments and discovered a compound called acetylsalicylic (sp?) acid was present in willow bark which did in fact relieve pain and reduce fever. This compound is now commonly referred to in pill form as "aspirin".
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05-02-2006, 01:25 PM | #24 | |
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I have to admit that particular paragraph was a bit less advice and more a statement of my personal opinion on how I feel about alternative medicine in general. Peace & Luv, Liz
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Well, it´s getting late over here. I´m going to bed. I think I´ll do some healing on Christer tonight. If I had one of those smileys that Trep posts it would be placed right here.
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Some alternative medicine has been proven to work for some people, acupuncture, for example, is used to help people with arthritis and can help some people quit smoking. I don't think it's all psychological because most studies of acupuncture follow test subjects who receive real acupuncture and subjects who receive sham acupuncture. All subjects believed they were getting the real deal.
I do think people should be very careful when they seek help from alternative medicine practictioners. Some of it is obviously harmless, some of it could do real harm. Especially anything involving unorthodox "medicines", or something like acupuncture from someone who does not know what they're doing and is using dirty needles etc. |
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05-02-2006, 07:17 PM | #29 | |
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That's the only example of something (apart from another scientific theory) that has come along and "challenged" a scientific theory recently.
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I don't see why it should be so hard to accept that sometimes, alternative ways of healing, or even healing sessions by a 'healer', could work. I've heard so many stories which I found easily believable. Not trying to be a Jedi here, but everything is energy, and why couldn't that pass between people? It's not SUCH a vague concept.
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Everything is energy, why would people be any more special than a spoon? Why would the transfer of energy(like heat) heal a person? I don't think you could be more vague, unless you are actually refering to the Jedi religion, or Final Fantasy...
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I started out here to write about dowsing, another non-scientific experience I´ve had. It was long ago and I just came to think of it
But then I thought, this is not interesting for some of you, but those who are interested: Read the article and get a branch (Y-rod) or steel wire (two L-rods), go out and try it. (It works indoors as well) Most likely it´ll work for you too. I can find the Curry-lines. Don´t ask me how it works. There are no scientific explanation for it, but still..... there it is. Life is a mystery! dowsing
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05-03-2006, 09:05 AM | #37 | |
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Straight Dope article (The short version is... it's your body movements doing it, not the rod itself.) Peace & Luv, Liz
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We were a bunch of people walking around with dowsing rods on a large schoolyard coverd with gravel. We walked randomly around and for each place the rod went up or down (it varied between us), we made a mark in the gravel. Afterwards we could detect a square pattern of lines about 40 cm apart and crossing each other at right angels. And I´m not writing this to convince you of anything. As I´ve stated before, I very much believe in the nature of science. Just for fun, try it out if you can manage to be as objective as possible to it. It´s pretty amazing to use the Y-rod since you´re holding it really firm with your elbows tight to your sides.
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If the former, I might chalk it up to an interesting study of the subconscious and the dynamics of group behavior. If the latter, one could start to consider chalking it up to the curry lines/dowsing themselves. Peace & Luv, Liz
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Did you try it yet?
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