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SNIPPETZ TAKES A LOOK INTO NATURAL REMEDIES AND DISEASE PREVENTION by Lindsey Harrison
“Half the modern drugs could well be thrown out the window except that the birds might eat them.� – Martin H. Fischer
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uring these long, cold winter months, most of us consider ourselves lucky to make it to spring without catching a cold. We try to wash our hands more often. Maybe we’re better about covering our sneezes with our elbows rather than sneezing onto the hand we’ll use to shake a friend’s hand later in the day. Normally most people tend to think of keeping those germs out of our bodies rather than working with natural plants, herbs, spices and the like to protect our bodies from the inside out, making them less susceptible to viruses, infections and disease. Snippetz takes a look at a growing trend in all-natural remedies and disease prevention‌maybe we’ll all be looking more closely at our spice cabinets before we reach for the phone to call our doctors.
TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT‌
ISSUE 584 • JANUARY 7, 2013
Some people might consider natural remedies as homeopathic. But that’s not quite accurate. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, homeopathy (which is also known as homeopathic medicine) was developed in Germany over 200 years ago as an alternative medical system. Homeopathic remedies are derived from plants, minerals or sometimes animals, but that is not the same as using natural methods to treat or prevent a health problem. Homeopathic remedies are often highly diluted, sometimes so much so that no molecules of the original healing element remain. One of the theories behind homeopathy is the “law of minimum dose.� The idea behind this theory is that the lower the dosage of the medication, the better the medication will work. With such a small dosage of the medication present in many over-the-counter “homeopathic� treatments, it’s often hard to know if the medication is
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