A
Culture of Life Committee member, who is a doctor of Oriental medicine,
writes about the difference in the manner of disposing of Oriental and
Western
medicines. Many people go the Oriental medicine clinics to ask for
what's left-over from the making of the medicines in order to fertilize
their gardens.
These medicines are considered safe by everyone, since they are made
from the same stuff we are made of, from natural materials.
From the first chapter of Genesis, we know that what God made was good,
and that what he made was given to us to use and care for. It's obvious, he says, that we have not
done a good job of caring for it.
With the increased use antibiotics the germs and viruses have become
stronger and more difficult to overcome, requiring even stronger
antibiotics to achieve the same level of protection: a vicious cycle. In
the process we are producing super-viruses, making it more difficult
for our immune systems to fight against disease. The rational of
Oriental medicine is to work in harmony with the body and the immune
system. Strengthening the immune system helps the body to regain its
former vigor to resist the attacks of the microbes and disease causing
elements, using only natural means. It's an environmentally
friendly way of treating the body.
The advances made by science are dazzling. However, with the breakdown
in
the order of creation and the indiscriminate use of scientific
techniques, these scientific advances have made humanity uncomfortable,
and it may come to a point of
self-destruction. When human life is in harmony with our environment
then all tends to go well, because we are part of creation, and natural
medicine
is also a part of God's providence. It would be well to keep in mind,
the doctor says, the lessons learned from the Tower of Babel.
