Do you mean in medicine? I think that homeopathy is safe as it's one of the few types of medicine that pregnant women and babies can have (whereas pharmaceutical medications have side-effects and herbal medicines and essential oils can also have side-effects and aren't suitable for everyone).
I think other general medications like ibuprofen are what I call 'generally safe' in that most people can take them without adverse effect but they can have the side-effect of giving you gastritis and in rare instances can cause meningitis.
What I do is look for the healing method that is least invasive with the least known side-effects (whether that be general medicine or alternative therapy) and only opt for the one with more risk if there are no other options. For instance, if I need an X-ray then I will have the X-ray but will have a bath with baking soda or clay in it to help extract the radiation afterwards.
I will take a glucosamine supplement for arthritis (which worked after one week of taking), but if I run out of that or my pain is worse that week I will take a pretty strong painkiller and also take vitamins so that my body is better able to withstand drug side-effects.
So I realise that nothing in medicine is absolutely safe but with a known harmful metal and YEARS of experience of what it can do, doctors should be choosing the least harmful option and not just saying 'Oh, I'm sure this will be alright.'
First do no harm, remember? That's what they promised.
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Do you mean in medicine? I think that homeopathy is safe as it's one of the few types of medicine that pregnant women and babies can have (whereas pharmaceutical medications have side-effects and herbal medicines and essential oils can also have side-effects and aren't suitable for everyone).
I think other general medications like ibuprofen are what I call 'generally safe' in that most people can take them without adverse effect but they can have the side-effect of giving you gastritis and in rare instances can cause meningitis.
What I do is look for the healing method that is least invasive with the least known side-effects (whether that be general medicine or alternative therapy) and only opt for the one with more risk if there are no other options. For instance, if I need an X-ray then I will have the X-ray but will have a bath with baking soda or clay in it to help extract the radiation afterwards.
I will take a glucosamine supplement for arthritis (which worked after one week of taking), but if I run out of that or my pain is worse that week I will take a pretty strong painkiller and also take vitamins so that my body is better able to withstand drug side-effects.
So I realise that nothing in medicine is absolutely safe but with a known harmful metal and YEARS of experience of what it can do, doctors should be choosing the least harmful option and not just saying 'Oh, I'm sure this will be alright.'
First do no harm, remember? That's what they promised.
September 27, 2011 - 4:57amThis Comment
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