Dr. Robert Rowen, MD Tells Why He Became Alternative Doctor
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Dr. Robert Rowen, MD is internationally known for his work in the field of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine. He is known as the “Father of Medical Freedom” for his efforts to legalize alternative medicine in 1990 in Alaska. He worked with Senator Ward and Governor Hickel to accomplish this amazing feat.
The rare medical freedom he enjoyed in Alaska enabled him to greatly expand his knowledge and experience in a multitude of disciplines and therapies not normally found in medicine.
Jumping into alternative medicine in 1983, through a practice in acupuncture, he quickly incorporated nutritional medicine, chelation therapy, oxidation therapy, homeopathy and herbal medicine, and took intensive training in neural therapy and prolotherapy to help treat and eliminate acute and chronic pain.
Alaska’s laws enabled him to work extensively with innovative cancer therapies, ozone, and ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy.
He is internationally known and respected for training hundreds of open-minded physicians in these techniques from around the world. Dr. Robert Rowen is truly one of the health heroes I met and became friends with over 45 years of health research.
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thanks for you …
thanks for you great discussion. I appreciate your dialogue and appreciate open minds that are willing to discuss topics without animosity. Seeking answers to human problems together in harmony is the only way the world will survive.
ralph
For the rest of you …
For the rest of you, there are thousands of research studies listed on this new invention called the Internet.
For the rest of you …
For the rest of you, there are thousands of research studies on Ayurved on this new invention called the internet.
How am I the closed …
How am I the closed minded one? Let me reiterate:
I am willing to CHANGE MY MIND if you can show me the evidence for your claims.
That is the very definition of open minded.
Are you willing to do the same if I can show you evidence that contradicts your claims? If the answer is no, YOU are closed minded.
I teach philosophy …
I teach philosophy of science, so I know the process of investigation. Obviously, there’s no sense in arguing with a closed mind. Goodbye.
Also, observation …
Also, observation is the beginning of the scientific process, not its entirety. Observation leads you to hypothesis, which which leads to a good study with controls and variables, which then leads to conclusion.
Did you not do science fair projects in school? Did the teacher accept “I saw it happen” as a conclusion?
Please show me the …
Please show me the evidence that when nature adds extra chemicals side effects go down. Thats all I’m asking for. I will concede and change my view point on the issue if you can do this. This flies in the face of not only the current evidence I am aware of, but logic as well. Are you not aware of the hundreds of NATURALLY occurring chemicals that will kill you if you ingest them? How does this factor into your “nature = always good” hypothesis? What if “nature” added these chemicals to the mix?
No. Every …
No. Every substance added by nature actually decreases the side effects. By the way, the “experience” with herbal formulas I mentioned is repeated observation giving evidence, which is how the scientific process works.
Fewer side effects, …
Fewer side effects, because that is how nature works.
I just want to …
I just want to understand your claim clearly:
You say that pharmaceuticals isolated from a plant, which is an isolation of a SINGLE compound, have MORE side effects than using the plant itself which could contain any amount of the chemical depending on time of harvest/condition of plant/type of soil/type of fertilizer etc… AND could contain any number of other chemicals that have leeched into it from nearby plants and the environment?
I just want to be sure that is the claim you are making.
I am ignorant of …
I am ignorant of the evidence of which you speak. Please point me to the studies that back up your claims. Personal experience is not scientific evidence at all, as I’m sure you are aware the plural of anecdote is anecdotes, not evidence.
Also, how would a medication with a number of medications in it lower the side effects? Every substance added would increase the amount of effects, both primary and secondary, yes?
Again, No studies = No proof. Stories dont count. Thats all there is to it.
The above should …
The above should read: “Pharmaceuticals are isolated from plants which originally contain an environment of many other compounds. Plants are more balanced in that regard and therefore give fewer side-effects, unlike a pharmaceutical which is an isolated compound.
Poison drugs from …
Poison drugs from poisoned brains.
It lowers side …
It lowers side effects. We go by the evidence. Pharmaceuticals have failed all science in this regard, especially since they simply mask the symptoms, not balance the body to normalcy. The Ayurved formulas I prescribe ume all of the other requirements with which you are concerned. Safe practice? These formulas have no side-effects. I’m not speaking hypothetically, I’m speaking from experience and from the wide-ranging experience of thousands of other Ayurvedic practitioners.
And about your idea …
And about your idea that drugs coming from plants from an environment of many other compounds having FEWER side effects, it would actually INCREASE the side effects because MORE UNKNOWN COMPOUNDS ARE ENTERING YOUR BODY THAT YOU THOUGHT. Not only that, but depending on what time of the year the plants are harvested, the soil, the atmosphere around the plant, the concentration of medication can be anywhere, which means you lose control over the amount of drug you are giving. Very unsafe practice.
I do not leave my …
I do not leave my health to luck, should I need medical care I will seek out a practitioner of science based medical treatments no matter what their origin, be it plant,mineral,or animal.
Again, on Ayurvedic “Medicine” I restate my position – Show me the studies. That’s all you have to do. The fact that something takes a long time to make, is a mixture of many things, or has been around for a long time say NOTHING about whether it works or not. Even the NCCAM admits it is lacking in evidence.
Drugs are isolated …
Drugs are isolated from plants containing an environment of many other compounds, thus giving few side-effects. Ayurvedic herbal formulas, some taking six months or more to concoct, are combinations of many herbs in formulas handed down for thousands of years, and with a record of efficacy. If you aren’t having any luck with “alternative” medicine, try Ayurved.
The minute you can …
The minute you can show me a well controlled and thought out, peer reviewed study that shows the efficacy of a treatment… Indeed ANY treatment, I will be more than happy to accept it as genuine.
You caught me, I …
You caught me, I have been brainwashed by big pharma to kneel at the alter of the might pill bottle. I guess as long as it was a bottle of St Johns Wart that would be okay with you though, right?
What dont you guys get about this. A drug is a substance that alters the bodies physiology in some way. Thats it. It means nothing to say it is a natural drug or a man-made drug, they both carry effects and side effects.
The ONLY thing I care about is efficacy, which no alternative therapy has shown.
My gender is …
My gender is irrelevant in the issue, If Dr Rowan was a “Female Doctor” would you be less persuaded by his video? And in reference to my level of schooling, its actually quite irrelevant as to what the facts are. No amount of schooling will change a fact.
Your statement …
Your statement seems to imply that everything in nature is beneficial to humans. This is certainly not the case, and in fact many “drugs” are in fact derived from natural substances, and then refined to ure quality, efficacy, and safety.
The point I was trying to make was that words like “Natural” and “Big Pharma” are simply buzz words that a particular community has adopted. Supplement companies make money just like pharma companies… Only pharmaceuticals actually work.
thank your for your …
thank your for your comment. lonnied123 has been brainwashed by the media and medical powers that be. too bad ignorance has its own rewards…a life destroyed by drugs that have adverse side effects. There is a place for drugs and natural therapies. it takes a wise doctor who knows both to provide the right therapy at the right time…how sweet it is.
ralph
natural does mean …
natural does mean something. drugs are the result of man-made manipulation of something that is made by God. you need to not only look at something if it works but also the long term effects. usually natural therapies have no long or short term harmful effects. Money is good if you provide a valuable service. Dr. Rowen deservers every penny he makes because he is providing a valuable service to his patients. the world needs more doctors like him.
ralph
The fact that …
The fact that something is “natural” means nothing. The only thing that matters is if it works, and that fact must be established by a standard of scientific evidence,which simply has not been done in CAM. I wonder why…
Also, Do you also mean to tell me that your practice does not make money? Was is a significant pay cut to become an “Alternative Doctor” ?
lonnied123 (1 …
lonnied123 (1 minute ago)
Lonnied123,
dude you are a male nurse…you go to school for what? 2 years, 4 at most…come back to when you Wake up…