to keep you healthy. I always wondered if the people who believed in these remedies changed their mind about them when they finally got sick. Now I understand leading a healthy life, taking my vitamins and eating my veggie but what about when a cold or flu is caught, is being healthy enough. There are old wives tales and I've always wondered how many are true. The only one that I have tried is the chicken soup one and I will admit it did help a lot with keep my colds away.
For those who believe in non-western medical help. I've always wondered what do they think of our version of keeping people healthy? When someone is sick, we as westerners want to keep them alive and will probably do everything possible. But with others, do they think when someone is sick and it can't be cured do they accept the fate and leave it be?
According to Wikipedia: A witch doctor originally referred to a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. It is currently used to refer to healers in some third world regions, who use traditional healing rather than contemporary medicine. In the first world it usually refers to chiropractors, homeopaths and faith healers.
In its original meaning, a witch doctor was emphatically not a witch himself but rather the person who had remedies to protect others against witchcraft.
As different as this sounds to be, someone out there swears buy this persons powers and follows their every word. So should we as westerners doubt their powers or embrace them for what they are. Another form of healing.
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