In the last year, we’ve witnessed creation of a White House commission specifically charged with setting a national agenda on complementary and alternative medicine. We’ve seen the budget for NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) hit $70 million. Word is, the figure could top $100 million next year.
I recently finished reading your October 15 edition. The article, “Nation’s First Holistic Medicine Residency on the Horizon” surprised me. You write, “The University of Colorado’s department of Family Medicine is boldly going where no medical school has gone before: residency training in holistic medicine.” Though your audience is also comprised of naturopathic physicians, the article had no mention of the several residencies in family medicine at naturopathic medical colleges such as National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM).
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6/25/01
Your approach to Chinese herbs (in the article, “Six Chinese Herbs Every Doctor Should Know,” HPC June 15, 2001) is very Western. Chinese herbs are not taken individually, but complexed in unique formulas which balance them.
Also, other herbs are used to neutralize potential ill-effects of the toxic herbs. For example, when Fu Zhi is cooked with licorice, the toxicity is almost eliminated. This concept of taking individual herbs for symptoms is so anti-Oriental medicine.
Cinnabar (a mercury containing compound mentioned in the article) is not even available any more from reputable herbal companies.
Please try looking at herbs from the paradigm they come from.
Your approach to Chinese herbs (in the article, “Six Chinese Herbs Every Doctor Should Know,” HPC June 15, 2001) is very Western. Chinese herbs are not taken individually, but complexed in unique formulas which balance them.
Your Dec. 15, 2000 issue carried an extended article related to my work, my research and my apparent legal difficulties. Several paragraphs relate to the two lawsuits brought against me; they contain significant misinformation both directly and by omission.
Your recent article on Insulin Resistance in the Winter 2006 edition was an excellent review of many issues confronting the clinician in diagnosing and treating Metabolic Syndrome. Several issues, however, require further clarification.
In the article, “Hypothyroidism, Candida & “Oximation: Toward a New Model of Chronic Disease” (Winter 2008), Dr. Roby Mitchell states that, “Vitamin D2, for instance, is a component of the yeast cell wall. As yeast proliferates, it may cause deficiencies of the ‘vitamone’ D3, for which D2 is a precursor.”
Greater eco-consciousness means making better choices about the materials we use. But sometimes, there are no clear-cut “good” substitutes for toxic materials, and the choice comes down to selecting the least impactful of available options. Case in point: compact fluorescent lightbulbs which save energy but contain mercury.
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