COMBINING COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENTS WITH MODERN MEDICAL PRACTICE
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are times, eg in the case of a broken leg, when conventional treatment
is required for part of a healing process. The role of complementary
treatment in this case is very important though, it can help to speed up
healing and also help the patient to achieve the best possible level of
recovery and rehabilitation. In general, there could be an even
stronger partnership between doctors, surgeons, nurses and their
counterparts in the complementary world. As I write this, we have a
situation in Greece where pharmacies are running out of medications. The
drug companies haven't been paid and are refusing to supply them any
longer. There are also concerns all over the world with the over prescription of
antibiotics and the appearance of "superbugs” for which there will be
no antibiotic treatment. We have a situation where patients have starved
to death in hospitals in the UK because staff haven’t found the time to
make sure they eat. Modern medical practice is over-stretched, tends to
treat the symptom rather than the patient and often seems to revolve
around the finances of the pharmaceutical companies rather than world
health. I’ve treated elderly patients who have been on a dozen different
medications at once – who knows how a cocktail like that will react
together for anyone? In a world of collapsing resources, surely it's
time to start doing as much as possible as simply, gently and sustainably
as we can. Maybe before long we will be treating disturbances in the
energy field before they even show up as physical symptoms.
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