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- From: lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard)
- Subject: Re: Asthma, adult onset
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.194840.5912@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec23.025252.5185@netcom.com> <1ha9jcINN4uf@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:48:40 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article <1ha9jcINN4uf@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> greg@antizen.EBay.Sun.COM writes:
- >Dr. Kaplan,
- >
- >What is your official position regarding whether or not homeopathy
- >should be allowed to be practiced in this country?
- >
- >I won't try and grapple with someone so much more educated than myself,
- ><seriously>. I have been using Ventolin anywhere from 6 to 10 times
- >a day (more or less) for 2 years now.
-
-
- >It wasn't until I made drastic
- >changes to my diet
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- >(working with Dr. Elson Haas in San Jose) and then
- >began recieving accupuncture treatments that I was even able to stop
- >the use of Theophylline (sp?) which had my blood pressure in the range
- >of 160/100 to 180/110.
-
- And what happens with just the diet changes alone? I have several relatives
- with food allergies which where not directly associated with the given food
- but instead caused general problems that went away when they stopped eating
- the food. I don't think you need to invoke eastern medicine to explain the
- difference.
-
- >My asthma was basically non-affected by weather changes, except cold,
- >rainy weather where bronchial infections usually occur. I have intentionally
- >but reluctantly avoided the use of steroid inhalers but sometimes use
- >Chromilin Sodium (sp?).
- >
- >As an MD obviously opposed to homeopathy, what would you possibly have to
- >offer me that would bring with it the promise of correcting my asthma?
-
- Where was the homeopathy in the treatment?
-
- >My initial consultation with my ND cost me $105.00. How much would you
- >charge me?
-
- BTW-
- I'm not against alternative treatments, but I do think it is a mistake
- to throw science out the window. If something does seem to work it would
- make sense to test it scientifically and see if it still holds up.
-
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