Hippocrates, Father of Medicine: Do No Harm

By Cindy Soto


Hippocrates, the Greek philosopher and scientist taught one underlying principle: to do no harm. It is so important that it became a key part of the Hippocratic Oath taken by people entering the healing profession.

How closely do you think it's actually followed in the twenty-first century?

Recently I took my son to a podiatrist after the pediatrician told me that's who I would have to see and wrote out a referral. He's 13 and has flat feet that point outwards when he walks.

After sitting in a full waiting room, we were ushered in. In just one minute of looking at him, the doctor tells me he needs an immediate complicated surgery. Right in front of my son! He would be unable to walk for a year and have a steel rod for life.

Do no harm? I could not believe it.

My 13 year old with a steel rod?

I wasn't intimidated, but I was angry that he had scared my son. Instead, he is doing exercises to address the underlying issues.

I wish this was an isolated case. Being sold by a doctor for a $30,000 procedure (the insurance would pay for that, but not the therapy he is having), using fear tactics made me angry. But many people, who are skeptical of other sales "jobs" are afraid.

The underlying issue is that the medical profession is trained to provide either drug interventions or invasive surgeries.

While emergency operations and medications can sometimes save lives, the problem is that they've become the only way. Other means don't even come into their heads.

For years I had been searching for a better way. In the process I found a very unique place, that is based on the crazy notion that the body is amazing and self-healing.

Rather than traumatic interventions, they teach people to give the body all the nutrition it needs and stop overworking it with processed "foods", and amazingly it will go into high gear in healing itself.

Known as the Hippocrates Health Institute, it was named after the greek Hippocrates. Doing no harm and teaching people to take responsibility for their own health is the cornerstone of this healing center.

The experience I had at Hippocrates Institute was so completely different from the usual medical practice, I thought I had landed in paradise.

It seems like a miracle when the body goes into healing - from all manner of conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and tumors.

About the Author:
To learn about my experience at Hippocrates Health Institute The unique Hippocrates Institute Program is explained by Cindy Soto, webmaster and herself a guest of the LifeChange event.

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