One of my classmates is doing her final project on medicine. She is comparing American Indian medicine to Western medicine. I think this project is really interesting. I used to pop pills like they were going out of style when I had a backache or headache. Probably within the last 10 years I have tried to adjust that. I have learned to instead try drinking water first. Something as simple as drinking water usually cures a headache or backache for me. I have recently become interested in alternative medicine because of another issue that I have been dealing with for the last three years. I like that balance is a huge concern for American Indians and I think that there medicine practices probably reflect that as well. I also really enjoyed hearing how everything they used was from nature. Porcupine quills for needles. Another student's presentation talked about how American Indians were the first recyclers and I think they were and are still today very involved in the environment. If only the rest of us had joined in on the cause long ago, we wouldn't have a "Green Movement", being "green" would just be a part of our lives.
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2 comments:
Pills are so overused in modern society. Its absurd. They destroy your stomach and kidneys. They told us take Asprin daily to prevent heart attack... based on a study that killed where 90% of the subjects were dead by the time the study was done. <3 water
Yes, I *heart* water, too. And I avoid pharmaceutical meds whenever possible. That's why I've been nursing this upper respiratory infection for so long!
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