----------- Ah! the "magic" of advertising! --- If you choose your words VERY carefully, you can tell the absolute unvarnished truth without your listeners ever ACTUALLY HEARING the truth. The inclination of our human nature toward instant/self gratification makes it even easier because we hear in it what we prefer to believe.

So the supposedly "pure" and "sacred" SCIENCE of Medicine winds up actually being CONTROLLED by the BUSINESS of Medicine; which, also in turn, is controlled by our fickle human nature and what it wants to "buy" not only commercially but also ideologically. (To stay in business, you have to "sell" what the market wants --- no mystery OR "conspiracy" in that) ---More about the "purity" of the science later. -----------

Most non-medical healing, on the other hand, concentrates more on the CAUSE of the ailment. Not the absolute ROOT cause, mind you. No field of human knowledge understands that completely. But, addressing the chief CONTRIBUTING causes (rather than just the pain or other symptoms not of ease but of DIS-ease) often brings more lasting relief by means of the body's own built-in healing abilities. That's the only TRUE healing there ever is --- with OR without medicine. (Not to say there are NO risks. See Part 8 --- "Is It For You" --- or keep reading; you'll get there.)

These contrasting objectives might also be described as FUNCTIONAL differences. Most drugs in one way or another tend to FORCE the living organism (animal or human) to respond biologically in a specific way WHETHER OR NOT it has the inner resources to do so successfully AND whether or not it needs to ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING ELSE FIRST in order to ACTUALLY heal itself PROPERLY. If you're remodeling a room [or a house], for example, you don't install new carpet 'till you've pulled up the old and cleaned up from the rest of the renovation. Likewise, the more-natural therapies try to supply the body what IT needs to do IT'S work IT'S WAY, or help and encourage in any way possible and practical WITHOUT arbitrarily "taking over" and perhaps inadvertently working AGAINST it's efforts instead of WITH it. Although this may take a little longer (and progress somewhat "unconventionally" at times), it doesn't mean there's no healing taking place.

But, to those who have never personally seen or experienced anything except the "Prompt Temporary Relief" scenario, this aspect of natural healing may sometimes be a bit "alarming"; and they may ASSUME nothing is being done; someone is being terribly neglected; or "the patient's gonna die!" Granted, there's no therapy that ALWAYS works. REMEMBER THE 3rd LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH REPORTED ABOVE! If that's the risk you prefer to take, that's your choice and YOUR BUSINESS. But some of us, for decades, have seen and experienced reasons to feel MUCH SAFER taking these other "risks" instead.

(See: Part 7. "Growing Up REALLY Drug Free --- A True Story" as an example. Or keep reading --- you'll get there.)

If WE promise not to get all excited and upset over the risks we perceive YOU'RE taking and try to tell YOU what to do --- promise you won't get all excited, upset and worried about OUR health care choices? !?!?!

"Ah! yes. But personal experience can be deceptive!" you're saying. "Is there any SCIENTIFIC evidence these natural therapies really work?"