RE:Acupuncture, Herbs, Homeopathy etc.

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Hi All,although I personally believe all these things can, and do help, and they usually do less damage than modern medicine, Elaine G. was against using these things, as they "clouded the water" to the point where you could not accurately judge what results you are actually getting from the diet, and what the other things might be doing to make you better or worse.she recommended taking prescribed medicines and then gradually tapering off, as the diet did its' healing work. but other than that and the recommended probiotics, enzymes and vitamin supplements, she didn't recommended other alternative therapies in conjunction with scd. I know when you feel terrible, you don't really care and just want to feel better.. but it's more informative to focus on the diet

and really zero in on which foods work for you and which don'tmaybe save the other therapies for unrelated ailments, although I would be very careful, as many herbs have unknown polysaccharides, and most homeopathic remedies are on lactose tablets. acupuncture ALWAYS feels good to me, so I don't think it conflicts with SCD, but many of the herbs, etc used in TCM are unknown quantities.P.S. please trim your posts?best ,SteveCD 1973SCD 1998

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Unfortunately SCD and meds were not enough for me. I am very

strict with the diet. On the meds I never felt good and ended up in the

hospital several times. My gastro wanted to move me to injectables. I had to

make a change. You have no idea how much better I’m doing. Last week had

my first good BM in I can’t tell you how long. Eastern medicine can be

difficult for Westerners to understand. I would not be spending all this money

and going every week if I wasn’t getting better. Like SCD it takes time.

I held out as long as I could because I didn’t want to “cloud the

water”. I made changes when it was apparent that SCD and meds were not

working for me. I was terribly afraid to take myself off my meds even though

they were not working. It is very difficult to go against the medical experts…what

if I’m making a mistake?...if this works why isn’t everyone doing

it?...etc. My gastro was totally against SCD. When he found out I was going to

try holistic remedies he fired me.