Effectiveness of alternative medicines against cancer
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Re: Effectiveness of alternative medicines against cancer
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Like you say, there's no 'one size fits all' kind of treatment that will work for every individual or all kinds of cancer. Thanks for sharing that with us, and sorry for your loss.Emily Guerra wrote: ↑02 Apr 2019, 00:12 I'm sorry about your mom's diagnosis. I really hope she's doing better and that your family stays strong during this trial.
Back in 2015, my dad was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and it truly hurts to see the process of chemotherapy. Not just the physical change but the emotional side of the patient and all the painful process they have to go through. After two lines of chemotherapy and with enough damage to my dad's body, he opted for an experimental treatment in the U.S. which was a biological procedure involving antibodies. While in that treatment, there was an improvement. Healing started to take place. During that time, we also changed our diet to something cleaner and organic to keep dangerous chemicals from going into his body.
We took any piece of advice we could. Whether it was a combination of herbs and roots to help with cancer like ginger and cinnamon tea, or a green smoothie to revitalize his body. We tried every single thing we were told could help with cancer. After some time, we no longer got news, no improvements. His body was reacting, and the treatment was no longer effective on him. So we had to change to another med, a more powerful chemo-type of medication with a lot of secondary effects. My dad battled for 3 years until one day his body could no longer take it and he passed away on December 28th, 2018 after two weeks in a coma.
Alternative medicine can help a lot. I just feel it's not possible to take a side on which one is more effective. All bodies are different and cancer attacks in different ways. Even if two patients are diagnosed with the same cancer type, the symptoms are not going to be the same. Chemotherapy might be the cure for one of them and natural medicine and a good diet for the second patient.
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Well said! The idea of giving up traditional medicine might sound appealing, but would you really do that when an educated professional is standing in front of you and telling you what to do? Not many people are willing to take that chance unless that are 100% positive.Felicity Granger wrote: ↑10 Jul 2019, 22:05 You can weigh out the pros and cons of each method as you see fit. It's undeniable, however, that the procedures used in traditional medicine, chemotherapy namely, are very taxing on the human mind and body, not to mention expensive, and the success rate isn't always guaranteed. I wouldn't recommend denouncing one method in favour of another, but rather maintaining a balance between the two, as both come with their own advantages and are not necessarily a choose-one-leave-one deal.
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When it comes to cancer, in my experience, traditional medicine is your best bet to eradicate, halt tumor growth, etc. Natural medicine is very helpful as a palliative to ease side effects from both the illness and the treatment.
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Traditional medicine is definitely your best bet for eradicating cancer, in the same way that a lobotomy is the best way to eradicate depression. Respectfully, chemotherapy should be illegal, and one day it will be looked upon as being about as successful as bloodletting or the Vietnam War. Many who survive the treatment, while required to adopt the compulsory gratitude for being alive, are suffering serious long-term health consequences from "traditional medicine." I greatly appreciate the effort this author has put forth to offer a less barbaric approach.
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I agree with you, and I think at the very least natural methods do not harmFuzaila wrote: ↑02 Jan 2019, 11:11 I'm sorry to hear about your Mom. Hopefully she'll recover soon.
I don't understand the harm in using natural remedies against cancer. Chemotherapies work, but they do make the patient very weak and fragile. And besides, they also do not work all the time. Since Beljanski's research has proven that natural remedies can be effective against these diagnoses, I think one should definitely give them a try.
They can even be taken together with other methods
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I do agree and I don't know why so many 'alternative methods' are written off as not working before they are even tried.EvaDar wrote: ↑05 Nov 2019, 01:05Traditional medicine is definitely your best bet for eradicating cancer, in the same way that a lobotomy is the best way to eradicate depression. Respectfully, chemotherapy should be illegal, and one day it will be looked upon as being about as successful as bloodletting or the Vietnam War. Many who survive the treatment, while required to adopt the compulsory gratitude for being alive, are suffering serious long-term health consequences from "traditional medicine." I greatly appreciate the effort this author has put forth to offer a less barbaric approach.
In the past, there were no methods except these 'alternative' ones. There was actually no alternative so people were cured and survived using such methods.
I mean, if there is a real need to use any method and there are a benefit and no harm then they can be used
At least natural methods do not harm or create other problems
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alternative medicine does not treat the root of the disease but rather tackles the symptoms;
dealing with the symptoms and the side effects of chemotherapy may have a huge impact on how patients deal with the therapy;
having an impact on the patient's psychology, alternative medicine may actually have a huge impact on the outcome of the therapy;