Just skim through some of the posts by these people!
The first messages that I read were regarding colloidal silver...... as a "cure all" for *everything* !!!
While I'm sure some of the advice given here is legitimate, the posts that I read were touting certain items as the cure all for every ailment. And I just love the fasting section...
It scares me because these people seemed so desperate... willing to try anything..... and rather than take their physician (or even oncologists) advice, they are turning to complete strangers for advice on things like colloidal silver "dissolving" cataracts, and curing lyme disease!
Where did you come up with this? Ephedra (Ma Huang) has been used in Oriental Medicine for 4-5,000 years.
Oh I agree with you! I was just thinking off the top of my head about things like Metabolife and reacted to that (since pills like that are what most americans take that have ephedra in it).
Most NP that I know who use ephedra do not use it in the amounts that most american take them in (like in metabolife and such which is what most people think of when they think of ephedra). But no you are correct.... I just went back and read my post and I honestly the way I posted it was not what I was trying to say.
I think people just start taking stuff, dont know how their bodies work or the side effects of certain herbs (which there certainly can be), etc and can get into a lot of trouble (such as one man turned blue PERMANTLY from taking too much collidial silver!). But under the guidance of a trained professional I think they can do just as much good as some modern medicine! I said it before that I think modern and alternative can and should be combined, I think they are complementary to each other in many ways. Sometimes when one fails the other works.
marilynmom, LPN, NP
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Oh I agree with you! I was just thinking off the top of my head about things like Metabolife and reacted to that (since pills like that are what most americans take that have ephedra in it).
Most NP that I know who use ephedra do not use it in the amounts that most american take them in (like in metabolife and such which is what most people think of when they think of ephedra). But no you are correct.... I just went back and read my post and I honestly the way I posted it was not what I was trying to say.
I think people just start taking stuff, dont know how their bodies work or the side effects of certain herbs (which there certainly can be), etc and can get into a lot of trouble (such as one man turned blue PERMANTLY from taking too much collidial silver!). But under the guidance of a trained professional I think they can do just as much good as some modern medicine! I said it before that I think modern and alternative can and should be combined, I think they are complementary to each other in many ways. Sometimes when one fails the other works.
Marilyn