“Do no harm” is a Hippocratic Oath that doctors take when they graduate medical school. What happened? 

I worked in health care for over 16 years. When I first started in health care, the company I worked with cared about their employees and truly wanted to give good patient care. During that time, I saw the change from patient care to a business focused on how much money the company could make. I would be in meetings where management would discuss how much money they could get from patients, even if the patient didn’t have any money. This was sickening to me.

I saw patients come in for doctor and hospital visits, and it was a revolving door of the same patients coming and going. And any new patient could expect to become part of that revolving door. The patients weren’t healing, they were just as sick, or sicker. I started realizing how toxic western medicine is. I also realized that it had nothing to do with ‘health care’, it was all about profit. I knew there had to be a better alternative. That’s when I started learning about herbal medicine, and started my journey to go to school and graduate from The School of Natural Healing. I want to open people’s eyes to what the ‘health care’ system is. It’s a business seeking profit and gains, not true health care. 

Getting back to the Hippocratic Oath, what happened to doctors and providers wanting to do what’s best for their patients? I’m not saying all providers are out for profit, as there are a few providers that truly want to help people the best way they can. 

What happened during the covid era, starting in 2020, should awaken people to how corrupt and broken the health care system is. And now, there’s a new epidemic of people taking a diabetes medicine for weight loss. This is very concerning to me. This diabetes medicine is given in the form of an injection. It slows the passage of food from the stomach and shuts off the brain’s hunger response, so the person feels full longer, and therefore doesn’t have a desire to eat, and loses weight as a result of hardly eating. This is against what our bodies are created to do. Our bodies are made to metabolize food, use the food as energy and nutrients, and then pass through our bowels and eliminate it from our bodies. When our bodies are functioning properly, we should be having bowel movements after every meal we eat. Our bodies are not made to keep food sitting in the stomach for hours on end, so we don’t want to eat. 

There are no long-term studies to show the ramifications this medication is going to have on these people using this for weight loss. I won’t be surprised if there’s a rise in colon and other intestinal cancers, as a result of people using this medication. 

Instead of turning to pharmaceuticals, try eating fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds. Get exercise, fresh air, and sunshine. Breath deeply, surround yourself with loved ones, laugh often, and turn to a higher power.

If you need help eliminating, try Dr. Christopher’s Lower Bowel Formula. This blend of herbs helps the peristaltic action of the colon to help move waste through the colon and eliminate it from the body. 

Rubbing castor oil on your belly is good to help with digestive issues, and to help remove toxins from the liver. Taking Lower Bowel Formula and rubbing castor oil on your belly is a good combo to help get your bowels moving and removing toxins. 

Western medicine providers are not taught to give these natural remedies as the first method of weight loss, disease prevention, and cures. They’re taught to push pharmaceuticals, and create a revolving door. It’s a business, after all. And you can’t make money if you don’t have repeat customers. 

I thankfully woke up and got out of Western medicine. I know our creator gave us these beautiful and wonderful healing plants to help us with every ailment we encounter. He created our bodies with a blue print of healing. With good nourishment, and proper elimination, we can heal, lose weight, and feel happier and healthier than we ever thought possible. 

Emily Walton is a Master Herbalist graduate from The School of Natural Healing and a seeker of truth.