"Natural" (plant-based) Health Solutions

I heard a story about a lady who was in a nursing home and practically dead. They decided to take her off all her medications and just let nature take its course. In a short time she recovered and ended up going home in a couple months.The point of all this is... should everyone, or even anyone, stop taking their medications because of this, or any other, anecdotal story?I think the clear answer is "NO".Can we use this story as a lesson in over-medication and question our own treatment regimes to be sure we are getting the best care possible? I think there is very good reason to do so.HBD

Hmmm... this sounds familiar... where have I heard this before??? Edited by herebedragons, : No reason given.

To put this another way, a major problem with anecdotes is that it is way too easy to cherry pick. "Here's a story about someone who was cured using this treatment." But what they don't tell you is the 99 who tried it and it didn't work. So if you could round up 10 anecdotes of success, that might be convincing all by itself. But when you look at it in context where 100 people tried it and there is only 10 success stories, now it doesn't seem so convincing. Anecdotal evidence is simply finding a story that supports your position and relating it.HBD