What is the procedure so that I can post replys in some of the forums. I am interested in some of the medical one's particularly this Dr. X fellow. Overall he writes some interesting material worthy of comment, but he is misusing some terminology and twisting some facts here and there.
As an FDA'er steeped in new drug design and approval and as a Pharmacist with 24 years experience, I feel I can contribute some fun points to the discussion now and then. I also taught Pharmacy for a decade at The Univ of CT School of Pharmacy and have a longstanding interest in American folk medicine, herbal medicine and so-called non (Western) traditional methods of health and healing.
On one point, I agree with you in that "alternative" is becoming a catch-all mantra for some. However, given the DesCarte-esque allopathic mantra of the West the last 100 years, it is understanable that such foreign and diffeent methods would be called alternative. Complimentary is also used and abused. Non-traditional I have also seen in print.
In the big picture I see, it is all a big circle. East and West, allopathic and natural product, surgery and energy, anatomy and love, learning to kill and heal...all the same spectral circle.
One last point about Dr. X..he is dead wrong about the Therapeutic touch de-bunking of 4/01/98 in JAMA (intersting publication date). The debunking was bogus...look at the model, experiment, and analysis with a critical eye. You'll see. Finally, energy healing works my friend; it does indeed.
Thanks for the help.
Rik
