Page 24 - Understanding How the Body Develops Serious Medical Conditions part 1

Pharmaceutical drugs vs Herbal Medicine

Many patients will be on pharmaceutical drugs

for their medical condition. Drugs are not a bad

thing. They help stabilize the condition. As

analogy, think of a machine where a part is worn

out. The machine (Your body) can usually make

replacement parts as needed but now is no longer

capable of doing so. The pharmaceutical drug is a

temporary replacement part to help the machine to

keep working. However, the part needs to be

consistently replaced which is why you need to

consistently take the drug

Pharmaceutical drugs are usually prescribed

when a patient has reached stage 5 or 6 and cell

function has begun to decline. These drugs, when

properly prescribed, will halt or at least slow the

progression of the medical problem. The problem

here is that they are not designed to return the cells

to a healthy state of function. They fulfill part of

the duties of the cell but do not work to help the

cell repair itself.

The design and strategy of Chinese herbal

medicine is both similar and different to