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Plus, body becomes immune to antibiotics over time, thus loosening the effectiveness of the antibiotics. Moreover, the toxicity they produce occurs at a time when the body is least capable of coping with it. The worst of it is that these wrong remedies instead of helping, aggravate the disease. Once considered an art, medicine is now big business, controlled by burgeoning conglomerates. A great deal of medicine is still an art and relies on trial and error. Most remedies are based on speculation and claims that have not been verified by studies/supported by scientific evidence. Doctors are interested in disease and not in living. Treatment of physical ailment is not complete treatment. Hypocrite, father of modern medicine, told to treat the patient.
Body is not cured by drugs unless the immunity system recovers. Integrity of the immune system is the most important defence against any disease. Disorders in the immune system can result in disease. The immune system of biological structure and processes protect it against disease by identifying and killing pathogens and tumour cells. Basic immune health depends on healthy functioning of the thymus gland, lymphatic system and spleen plus the germ killing ability of white blood cells especially macrophages produced in the bone marrow. The immune system is enhanced by sleep and rest, and is impaired by stress. Specific foods may also affect the immune system e.g. fresh fruits, vegetables and food rich in certain fatty acids may foster healthy immune system. Some herbs are believed to stimulate the immune system. Obesity, alcoholism and drugs are common cause of poor
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