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| Southeast Asia |
| Soon To Be More Dead Southeast Asians |
| 2011-09-26 |
| A growing number of Muslims in southeast Asia are giving up on western style medicine as "un-Islamic", in favor of al-Tibb al-Nawabi, or "Medicine of the Prophet", a loosely defined discipline based on the Quran and other Islamic texts and traditional remedies. Originally popular only among fundamentalists, it is now extending into the mainstream, as a way for more moderate Muslims to demonstrate their faith, and pay Muslims for health care instead of western companies. One such traditional hospital stresses "holistic" diagnoses, refrains from giving prognoses, as "It is in the hands of Allah". One such patient was using herbs and multiple exorcisms to rid herself of an ovarian cyst. Others experience blood-letting, and other medical practices that were superior to their European equivalents in medieval times. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #11 Blood letting is still practiced in the west and works. I have a genetic condition where I retain too much iron - it will poison your liver, kidneys and heart. Hemochromotosis (iron overload)is common with people of Irish or Scots desent. Developed as a defense mechanisim against the crappy iron poor soil. Four times a year I have to have a pint and half of blood withdrawn so my body will use the the extra iron to make new blood cells. Sucks but you deal with the genes you get. Nobody knew what was killing off my male ansesters in their 40 and 50's unitl modern medicince figured it out. |
| Posted by: retired LEO 2011-09-26 22:14 |
| #10 Islamic medicine is not that much different from the global warming cult. The former deals with the individual and humours and the latter with Ghia and the elements. The hot/dry of the blood was the major concern and the treatment was blood letting to reduce its influence. Excessive blood-letting very often resulted in death. If left alone the body would have healed naturally. CO2 has assumed the status of blood in the warmist dogma and must be reduced by constant taxation so that the alternatives can take the place of CO2. As in the case of blood-letting excessive taxation will usually result in the death of the economy. Also like the Islamic dogma, warmist dogma is very heavy on diagnosis but like the Marxist Dogma, not so good at prognosis. At least the Islamists accept their limitation and confine themselves to "It is in the hands of Allah" The warmists call for more and more subsidisation and taxation. Maybe they should learn from the Islamists and just intone "It's in the hands of Ghia" |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-09-26 20:39 |
| #9 The Jihad that Time + US-West, UNO forgot. BUT NOT FOR LONG??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-09-26 19:21 |
| #8 Bring out your dead! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-09-26 18:38 |
| #7 Just in time for another outbreak of the Black Death, the Muslims stop using Western medicine. The Black Death has minor outbreaks all of the time in the India/Pakistan/Afghanistan region but Western medicine and practices keep down to a few hundred cases a year in isolated areas. This attitude will guarantee its spread in many Muslim areas and eliminate many of the problems coming from there. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-09-26 18:29 |
| #6 It's gonna be one more reason to keep them out of Western nations if they start developing communicable diseases that could have been prevented by simple inoculations or antibiotics. Do NOT let them in. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-09-26 16:20 |
| #5 Muslim Science with Key to the Koran. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-09-26 11:13 |
| #4 Maybe we can gift them some blankets or something... |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man (New Delhi) 2011-09-26 11:06 |
| #3 More Darwinism in action, I see. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-09-26 10:51 |
| #2 Love that little bit at the end of the exerpt "and other medical practices that were superior to their European equivalents in the medieval times." Of course, medieval times, it always comes back to medieval times with some folk. By all means, give it a try. Skip those innoculations and by all means please avoid travel upon the devils airplanes. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-09-26 10:25 |
| #1 I'm glad they think our medicine is "Anti Islamic", I think the world would be a better place Post-Islamic. This belief will speed that day along, go ahead amd die "Richously" see if I care. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-09-26 09:42 |