Friday, April 22, 2016 by: L.J. Devon, Staff Writer
http://www.naturalnews.com/053765_homeopathy_Swiss_government_alternative_medicine.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/053765_homeopathy_Swiss_government_alternative_medicine.html
(NaturalNews) Broadening their
definition of medicine, the Swiss government is announcing a
positive shift toward alternative healing and complementary therapies. For far
too long, health insurance has guaranteed a monopoly for a system dominated by
synthetic drugs. The Swiss government is breaking out of that confining mold
and allowing patients' health insurance plans to cover five new complementary
therapies.In May 2017, health insurance plans in Switzerland will be covering a variety of healing modalities, including homeopathy, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, herbal medicine and holistic medicine. In this way, Switzerland will be bringing back the many healing arts that were used successfully in the past.
A shift away
from the disease management, synthetic drug system
This shift toward integration will
allow the Swiss healthcare system to heal, as it moves away from profiting off
disease management. With the inclusion of these five eclectic healing
modalities, Swiss healthcare will become more affordable. By legitimizing these
true healing modalities, healthcare can compete to heal, empowering people
instead of leaving them in an expensive cycle of side effects and negative
outcomes.
Synthetic pharmaceutical "science" got its start in 1869, as experiments with coal tar were underway. The first drug was a sedative-hypnotic called chloral hydrate. Pharmaceutical companies got their start after experimenting with nasty coal-tar distillations. Many of the first drugs were modeled after textiles and dyes. The first analgesic and antipyretic drugs, phenacetin and acetanilide, were made from aniline and p-nitrophenol, which are just byproducts of coal tar.
Pharmaceutical "science," for the most part, is an absolute abandonment of the healing modalities that have sustained humans for centuries. The good news is that many herbalists are still around today, passing on the trade of making real medicine using plants. Plants synthesize their own medicine and contain compounds that, when extracted and used correctly, work in conjunction with the human body systems, restoring its healing state.
Synthetic pharmaceutical "science" got its start in 1869, as experiments with coal tar were underway. The first drug was a sedative-hypnotic called chloral hydrate. Pharmaceutical companies got their start after experimenting with nasty coal-tar distillations. Many of the first drugs were modeled after textiles and dyes. The first analgesic and antipyretic drugs, phenacetin and acetanilide, were made from aniline and p-nitrophenol, which are just byproducts of coal tar.
Pharmaceutical "science," for the most part, is an absolute abandonment of the healing modalities that have sustained humans for centuries. The good news is that many herbalists are still around today, passing on the trade of making real medicine using plants. Plants synthesize their own medicine and contain compounds that, when extracted and used correctly, work in conjunction with the human body systems, restoring its healing state.
Swiss people
speak out, pressure government to include complementary therapies on list of
paid health services
After Swiss health authorities
blocked the alternative medicine fields from legitimacy in 2005, the people of
Switzerland spoke out. In 2009, two-thirds of the Swiss voted to include these five
important healing modalities on the country's constitutional list of paid
health services. When 2012 rolled around, all five complementary healing
modalities were included in basic compulsory insurance coverage as part of a
six-year trial period. At the end of the trial period, determinations would be
made based on the alternative therapies "efficacy, cost–effectiveness and
suitability."
Holistic
approaches are gauged through observation, in the progress of healing over time
Now the interior ministry has determined what
many holistic
practitioners already understand about the healing arts. It's "impossible to provide
such proof for these disciplines in their entirety." The proof of their
efficacy is in the individual's own experience, initiative and commitment.
Holistic therapies are not like synthetic drugs. The whole person is treated,
not just a symptom. It's impossible to gauge an alternative therapy on paper,
in a perfectly controlled environment. The proof is typically in the
observation, in the progress of healing over time.
And so, in this understanding, these five healing modalities will continue to be reimbursed by compulsory health insurance plans, as long as they are administered by certified medical professionals. This is an enormous step in the right direction for a healthcare system that is seeking to integrate more than just synthetic manipulations and suppression of the human body.
This shift toward integration of medicine will also allow questionable treatments within these complementary healing systems to face more scrutiny, so that the best holistic approaches can come out and be a success for people.
Sources include:
SwissInfo.ch
NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov
And so, in this understanding, these five healing modalities will continue to be reimbursed by compulsory health insurance plans, as long as they are administered by certified medical professionals. This is an enormous step in the right direction for a healthcare system that is seeking to integrate more than just synthetic manipulations and suppression of the human body.
This shift toward integration of medicine will also allow questionable treatments within these complementary healing systems to face more scrutiny, so that the best holistic approaches can come out and be a success for people.
Sources include:
SwissInfo.ch
NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov
