Great article, Julie. You raise many important points.
When traveling to China in the early 90s, I got dysentery. It was terrifying to be so sick in a foreign country, far from Western medicine. Our hosts gave me a “pill”: an egg-sized ball of dirt, which they told me to put in hot water to make a kind of tea. It tasted like earth. And… I got better within hours! This experience opened my eyes. Had I taken antibiotics, it would have been ages before I got better.
Though Western medicine saved my husband’s life, the cocktail of two dozen drugs is a nightmare to juggle and often leaves him feeling worse. I am skeptical of the drugs-and-surgery approach. Instead, I believe “food is medicine” and the body has deep wisdom to rebalance and heal itself with the diets you mention.
Thanks for your comment Sonya! It's kind of a leap of faith to try something other than western medicine. It sounds like you've opened your mind up to accepting western medicine and other types of medicine - it sounds like your ball of dirt was the perfect herbal remedy!
Great article, Julie. You raise many important points.
When traveling to China in the early 90s, I got dysentery. It was terrifying to be so sick in a foreign country, far from Western medicine. Our hosts gave me a “pill”: an egg-sized ball of dirt, which they told me to put in hot water to make a kind of tea. It tasted like earth. And… I got better within hours! This experience opened my eyes. Had I taken antibiotics, it would have been ages before I got better.
Though Western medicine saved my husband’s life, the cocktail of two dozen drugs is a nightmare to juggle and often leaves him feeling worse. I am skeptical of the drugs-and-surgery approach. Instead, I believe “food is medicine” and the body has deep wisdom to rebalance and heal itself with the diets you mention.
Thank you for raising this issue.
Thanks for your comment Sonya! It's kind of a leap of faith to try something other than western medicine. It sounds like you've opened your mind up to accepting western medicine and other types of medicine - it sounds like your ball of dirt was the perfect herbal remedy!