Naturopathic medicine
Has anyone here received alternative, natural/herbal medicine. Does it work, what sort of tests do they perform. Just curious.
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I know a couple of family friends who were extremely alternative and it’s not proven but is suspected that supporting their bodies with complimentary therapies through chemo and gave them a longer time and better quality of life (they all were told expected life left and lived at least 1-2yrs beyond that), but given the type and stage of cancer they were diagnosed with it wasn’t curative.
whilst I lean alternative and worked as a general nurse, with mum mostly we’ve agreed go through chemo the medical way, then use complimentary therapies to help the system rebuild. One thing a couple of family friends did and it really helped their blood counts was bone broth, I know there’s recipes online and I’m not sure which method they used but one was vegan and her bloods after starting the broth were so improved the Drs asked what she was doing as they were pleasantly shocked.
whilst I lean alternative and worked as a general nurse, with mum mostly we’ve agreed go through chemo the medical way, then use complimentary therapies to help the system rebuild. One thing a couple of family friends did and it really helped their blood counts was bone broth, I know there’s recipes online and I’m not sure which method they used but one was vegan and her bloods after starting the broth were so improved the Drs asked what she was doing as they were pleasantly shocked.
I guess it depends on your situation and beliefs. Some complementary/alternative therapies haven’t been researched in a scientific method and others have, cancer has probably been around for as long as humans but unless someone can show me evidence of that it appears to have arisen along with industry over the last couple of centuries, though mutations for bad or good do spontaneously occur, so remedies like Chinese Herbs and naturopathic medicine that have been around for centuries or longer may not be as helpful.
Bottom line, depends on your beliefs and situation. Mum has a chance at cure so she’s decided western medicine approach through chemo, and complimentary therapies after to rebuild, so doesn’t want to risk the effectiveness of the chemo as horrible as the experience is, but also knows she avoided thyroid surgery using complementary therapies with monitoring from a specialist so there’s a place for integrative approaches. Lengthy but hopefully gives you some ideas to consider.