Every so often one of my joints get sore. The last few times it's
been my right shoulder. It only hurts when I move it in certain
directions, and I could live with it, however I chose not to. Thirty
some years ago a healer listened to me explain where it hurt, and
then asked me some other questions, and recommended that I try Du Hou
Ji Sheng Wan, a Chinese Herbal recipe. Within a few days the pain in
my hip was gone. The second time I climbed Mount Anterro, in
Colorado's Collegiate peaks, I carried a bottle of then with me.
The bottle I had was almost empty, so I drove over to an herb shop
and paid just over $8 per bottle of 200 pills. They come in the form
of a ball of compacted herb surrounded by a coating. The coating
tastes rather pleasant, if I suck on the balls long enough I wear
through it and the taste becomes quite bitter. hopefully I won't
have to open the second bottle. Parksie would attribute this to the
placebo effect. I don't think that an objective observer like me is
affected by the placebo effect. What I'm sure of is that the pain in
my shoulder is almost gone.
This incident made me think about Parksie. If he had his way, pills
like these would be outlawed. His MD equivalent would probably
prescribe anti inflamatories, after charging me for an office visit
to tell me what I all ready know, I have the beginnings of arthritis
in my shoulder. I could easily spend ten times as much money for a
short term fix. Well the herbal formula only lasts so long too. but
there are no side effects from the herbs, and I don't have to worry
about adverse interactions between them and the mental acuity
enhancer that I'm taking. The anti imflamatories are members of the
class of drugs which include Vioxx and Allieve. I like to think that
when Parksie goes into one of his rants against herbal or energy
medicine he's just being ignorant, but it's more likely that he knows
which side of the bread the butter is on, and prefers the butter.
Next time you complain about how much money we are spending on health
care, remember there are two big reasons, synthetic drugs and lawyers.
