I agree with most of your statements and holistic
medicine for the most part...but are they really
physicians? Did they study medicine for 4 years then
do 5-10 years of residency? Most "holistic physicians"
I know studied 3 year and went to practice at most.

Thanks!



--- "Valarie W-W, Ph.D" <hamsa_yoga_shala@...>
wrote:
> Hiya Dan! Taking up where we left off:
>
> I wrote "Ayurveda has a scientific foundation. One
> that extends back
> thousands of years."
>
> And you replied [[ayurveda is not science as i
> understand the word,]]
> ** Linguistically, Ayurveda means 'science of
> life'.
>
> [[it doesn't deal with objective facts that can
> checked, tested and
> verified.]]
> ** Again, this is a Western approach to science.
> One that is
> limited in that it rarely steps outside the box (so
> to speak).
>
> [[take it on faith that prana etc exists,]]
> ** Again, this is more than faith. Prana has been
> & is continueing
> to be quantified. Orgone, for example, is the
> Western term used to
> described prana.
>
> [[there is no theoretical reason why people from
> different
> specialisations within western medicine cannot work
> together,]]
> ** And this is occuring more often. Around the
> country already are
> physicians who are "holistic", in that they apply
> other healing
> modalities to their Western approach. Likewise,
> clinics are starting
> to feature chiro w/massage, or internal medicine
> w/yoga & meditation,
> etc.
>
> ... Valarie
> Hamsa Yoga Shala & Massage
> Atlanta, Georgia
>
>


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