The Naked Emperor

I'm sure you've all heard of the tale about the emperor who was conned into thinking he was being provided with magic clothes, when in reality he was wearing nothing. It took a small child to be honest enough to say out loud what everyone knew, that the emperor had no clothes.
Can you hear the small child talking about our present state of health care. Excess drugs and surgeries, an unwillingness to be responsible for our own health, a laziness to look for other options and in general an ignoring of the obvious. In my business , I often deal with people who just don't know that there is another world out there besides drugs and surgery. Just as often , though, I deal with people who are too set in their ways to make an effort to change even when presented with other options. I always blame myself first in my failure to communicate, but after 20 years in natural medicine I have to admit that a lot of people would rather suffer than change. It's their situation and I have honor that. You see it was not so much that the weavers conned the ruler as it was that the ruler wanted to believe in magic clothes.
Natural medicine can be fun, easy and so rewarding. The changes needed don't have to be fun sucking-joy killing affair.

Please feel free to set up a consultation to see what your options and choices are for living a great life with real clothes
Thanx for reading this. Dr. Edgerton

PS VOTE FOR RON PAUL

Mother's milk

I recently talked with a woman in upper Cleveland Co. who is a great resource for mothers to be. She is the representative of a group called La Leche, which supports and provides information on breast feeding to young mothers ( or to curious doctors such as myself ). Her name is SHERRI STRUBLE and her telephone number is 704-538-9601 e-mail: mstrublefam@aol.com
If you or anyone you know needs some quality info /help on infant care and breast feeding , please give her a shout or contact me and I'll do the best I can for you. My conversation with her was a joy. She seems down to earth and full of practical tips for starting children out good. In these times it'd often hard to find someone who can help mothers out about breast feeding. Even though providing this care for your child may be a little bother , I assure you it is the best. There is no formula made by man that can equal the nourishment GOD provides. Now if the mom is eating junk for her diet the milk will not be as good, but even then it will be superior to store bought.
Breast milk is a specialized form of lymphatic fluid created by the body. The female breast is a lymph gland. For it to operate best the mom needs to be taking a good vitamin/mineral supplement and eating enough meat /protein and good fat (animal fat/coconut oil/ olive oil/butter). Of course good water is needed for all body functions. A great cookbook is by Sally Fallon " Nourishing Traditions". This goes into why the foods you should eat are good and also provides many recipes for those of you who can work a kitchen.
We should be wary of every "new and improved" whatever that comes down the road. Sometimes, actually most of the time, things that that worked for thousands of years will still work today. Let me know if I can be of assistance or if there are any questions you'd like be me to cover. Thanks for reading this.

Dr. Edgerton

PS Vote for Ron Paul

Cancer Alternatives

Nothing strikes fear more into a person's heart than being told they have cancer. A death sentence. A sudden end to their hopes and dreams. This blog concerns just such a situation. If you are told, by someone who should know, that you have cancer, take it seriously. My suggestion would be to immediately contact the following: Ralph Moss, Ph.D ( Cancerdecisions.com). Dr Moss has a wonderful site and resources for making your next decision. Drugs/ surgery/radiation are the most typical options offered. In their place they are life saving, but as is the case in most medical situations these days, over done. Please understand that cancer takes a while to develop. The body , as a rule , deals with cells out of place or functioning wrong, all the time. For a cancer to have established itself in the body is usually ( in my opinion..always) a sign that something has been ignored for a while. Cancers can be roughly divided into two groups...a tumor growing or a body part/area being destroyed. If a tumor, is it a body part getting bigger or a different type of cell which is growing it should not be (metastasis). In either case the goal is to aid and abet the body in returning to the state of health which it wants to be . Now there may be the need to remove a tumor or even a body part/limb, but as a rule exposing the body to even more stress from drugs/radiation never made sense to me. Some natural medicine sources urge people to go on extended fasts or quit eating nutrient rich foods (protein/fat), but that can be dangerous too in as much as the body needs resources to heal. Taking a controlled fast can be useful and if a cancer is well established too many good nutrients may feed the cancer's growth, so getting good advice is the key to this.
The bottom line no matter what you choose to do , you need to figure out what was causing the problem in the first place and change that behavior . It could be you're using the cell phone too much ( E-M fields), not enough good nutrients, too many drugs (prescription/ OTC/ street ), too much stress for your body to handle, poor elimination of waste products (constipation, lack of clean water, anti perspirents) . As I've said before ,you don't have to be extreme about it all, but you do have to take care of the basics , or some form of health problem will arise.
Thank you for reading this . Next time I'd like to talk about breast feeding for infants and what a great leg up that is for them. I recently talked with the La Leche contact person in Cleveland Co. What a great resource is available here.

Ezra Edgerton, DC