Re: My response

Since I use the moniker of Stilgar on another forum, how can I argue with Maud_Dib? ;<)

Of course, you are quite right. I was speaking in general terms. And, in general, the western approach to medicine is to treat the body as a collection of parts and to treat only the part where the symptoms manifest themselves - which usually means treating the symptoms and not addressing the underlying causes. That is not to say that sometimes such an approach works, nor is it to say that there are not preventative practices in modern medicine. It is just to say that all too often the approach does not work, that underlying causes are all too often ignored and that the role proper nutrition, diet, exercise, removal and avoidance of toxins, and safer, more effective and less expensive natural alternatives are ignored and suppressed.

In the instance of stab wounds and back pain, that is where modern western medicine excels - fixing broken parts and physical trauma. It is their approach to treating disease and illness that falls short because it is still looking mostly at treating parts and symptoms and not at the body as a synergistic whole.