Annapurna: a skeptic ventures into the mysteries of self-healing. From: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Shafer, Betty | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Townsend Letter Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Although I consider myself open-minded, when it comes to unconventional treatments I definitely have a "prove it to me" attitude. As a Registered Nurse, I know that I can easily access medical care and get a shot or pill or surgery to treat almost any ailment. And the concept of self-healing and the use of natural remedies, common to our grandparents and great-grandparents, are foreign to many of us today.

Alternative treatment methods are usually not researched by the ...