"People's needs maybe are not being met by conventional medicine, so we need to question ourselves what we are doing wrong. We need to evaluate these alternative therapies scientifically · those that are found to be effective should be embraced by conventional medicine, and those that are found to be ineffective should be rejected by both conventional medicine and patients."
- Dr. Adam J. Singer, University Medical Center, SUNY-Stony Brook.
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Structured water (H3O2) can be considered a fourth state of water between liquid and solid. It has the hexagonal structure of ice; however, missing a critical bond, it behaves more like a gel than a solid, but retains some of its crystalline structure.
In the past five years of my clinical practice, I have seen an astonishing upsurge in the chronic use of proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) medications for the gastrointestinal issue diagnosed by allopathic medicine as GERD. It is not uncommon to encounter patients taking these prescriptions for five-plus years.
Working with chronically ill patients entails acknowledging the reality that not all patients will survive their diagnosis. Chinese medicine and acupuncture play a crucial role in palliative and end-of-life care, addressing medication and disease side effects, alleviating pain associated with death, reducing anxiety and stress, and helping patients find peace during the dying process.
