As a way of healing and resolving chronic unwellness, natural, holistic medicine makes sense. A question for the I though, as Ras stationed in Babylon, if the I, or maybe more so one of I family was found to have a potentialy life threatening tumour and on one hand had the lets call it Western option of cut out and radiate - or natural treatment with curative intent, what would Ras do? Is the 'allopathic' route the one the would choose under certain circumstances like emergency or life-threatening conditions - is there a viable choice?
Some have said that if Bob Marley had had his cancer removed at first he may have survived and not spent his last days in German medical clinics, but he didnt want it to affect his stage performance and didnt beleive in amputation. Some people are so afraid of the natural course of an illness like cancer they would rather choose risking death on the operating table despite having serious comorbidites reducing their chance of survival. Its hard to say what one would do unless in that place, but there has to be a more holy place to die than in a public facility away from family.
As it is said 'physician heal thyself'. In aboriginal americal society if the medicine man didnt heal, he wasnt a medicine man, simple. So why do I&I pay the queens medics not to heal?
Jah bless. Give thanks for life.
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