Natural “Medicine” is the ONLY Way to Go!

As many of you who have watched some of my recent videos on YouTube (and Steemit) know, I caught a bad illness over the past two weeks. Although I’m out of the worst of it, I’m still left with clogged sinuses and a stuffy voice. I hate the sound of my “sick voice” so much that I decided I will not produce any more videos until I get better.

In the meantime, I will write my thoughts out for the Steemit community. One of the things I have been pondering throughout this year (and not just during my illness) was the big pharmaceutical machine. They come out with tons of medications – and naturally, make tons of money – yet they seem to not make much progress in terms of finding cures.

As the great comedian Chris Rock once said many, many years ago, Big Pharma is not interested in the cure; rather, they’re only interested in the management of symptoms. Cures make no money. But symptom management nets a constant stream of revenues. It’s a scam that touches every aspect of the pharmaceutical industry, from prescription drugs to over-the-counter meds.

A perfect, personal example is my illness. I had multiple, painful symptoms that I had hoped would be mitigated by the ultra-powerful “Tylenol Cold + Flu Severe” caplets. Perhaps I was just swallowing placebos. I had little to no discernible mitigation until days into my illness, when my system was already fighting off the disease on its own.

When I got done with my initial illness, a second one unexpectedly appeared out of nowhere. This time, the symptoms were less severe, yet intensely annoying. My nose was running non-stop, 24/7. I had rubbed my nose dry with all the Kleenex I was using, yet nothing stopped my runny nose. Finally, I took an OTC med, to absolutely zero effect.

The following day, the runny nose was similarly intense in magnitude. I decided I needed to up the dosage, and I went with my Tylenol Severe pill, thinking this time, it should do the trick. To my surprise, it did next to nothing!

Now, I get that OTC meds aren’t the most effective for every cold and flu symptom. However, if a med marketed for “severe” symptoms can’t stop a runny nose (that was my only symptom for the second illness), then really, what good are any medications?

What finally stopped my runny nose was good ole vodka. That’s right – I mixed some Coca-Cola with Kettel One vodka, spliced in with some lemon slices. The next morning, I felt a lot better. The following day, I noticed a remarkable improvement, even though I didn’t consume any vodka the prior evening.

The lesson here is that we should wean ourselves off of mainstream medicines and other artificial products. Instead, the best way to resolve health issues are natural methodologies. God made us and this earth – we should rely on His resources to cure us of our ailments.