2. Re: Religion and Science (Fr. Ivo C. de Souza) 8. Re: Religion and Science (Santosh Helekar) 9. Re: Religion and Science (Fr. Ivo C. de Souza)
------------------------------------------------ 'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.' -Chinese proverb Dear Father Ivo The food & drug, agrichemical, and pharmaceutical industries are making allopathic doctors rich. Western medicine is a wealth creation machine which has enslaved the gullible patient, eg. doctors must have known for years that aspirin causes damage to blood vessels. Our newspapers this week warned that aspirin not only causes damage to stomach lining, but also is implicated in bleeding in the brain. I myself found on taking the recommended one-per-day that I got nosebleeds. Statins are another mythical wonder drug, like hormone replacement - not. Yet there are unspecified large numbers of patients in UK who take cocktails of such drugs daily including aspirin. They, in my opinion, do not have the quality of life that they could have if they excluded needless daily drug ingestion. On my first visit to Kerala (as you rightly pointed out re how well children without preconceived ideas get on with homeopathy), I met a charming Muslim family, whose little son had been weak and ill. He made good progress after he took homeopathic remedies. I went to the Hindu lady homeopath and I too did very well on the homeopathic remedy she gave me. February 2009 I attended Shiroda homeopathic hospital. I will always praise the interns who screened me, and Dr Frances Fernandes. He had been a conventional medical practitioner, but became a homeopath. I found them through a group of Australian ladies who have done courses, and come back regularly to Shiroda, so do the large Swiss group that I met there on my second visit before returning to UK. In my opinion I would always prefer homeopathic remedies for myself. That does not mean allopathic medicines are not to be preferred by other people. However, I believe that conventional allopathic medicine is more dangerous and harmful than the correct application of homeopathic remedies. It is so easy to scoff, mock and belittle what others do, take or believe. Pharmaceutical corporations have noticed that naturopathy and alternatives to their drugs are being sought by the public - they and MDs must feel threatened by people who refuse to be guinea pigs or subject themselves to possible harmful adverse effects. It has been profitable to pathologies chronic disease and other human conditions. I noticed how many pharmacies exist in Goa, but for me allopathic drugs ought to come with a health warning, like cigarettes do. Rita Grootendorst