Everyone should read the book ‘Medical Conspiracy in America’ to understand how big Big Pharma (and the organizations / entities they collude with) really are, and the extent of their control over how information, products and ‘alternative’ practitioners are perceived. The war on ‘quackery’ is huge. Effective natural solutions are banned or eradicated and life-saving doctors are demonized. Curing someone ‘by illegal means’ is actually a thing and can result in having your license stripped, a hefty fine or jail time. Similar to the current-day ‘standard of care’, which prevents doctors by law from recommending any other treatments for cancer other than chemo, radiation and surgery.
I’m currently studying the work of Harvey Bigelsen, a brilliant doctor, ophthalmologist and surgeon. He went through hell for curing people through ‘illegal’ means, which in his case was mostly classical structural work, acupuncture and homeopathy.
Bigelsen got into ‘alternative’ medicine after noting “what I never learned (in school) was how the body moved from a state of functioning in a natural and healthy way to a deviation from its normal, healthy function. When, during the course of my studies, I asked questions about this apparent gap, I was met with much resistance and was told not to ask. As a result of being denied information that I deemed entirely necessary, I began my practice knowing there was more to learn than what I had been taught in medical school.”
Bigelsen had great success healing people with persistent issues that allopathic doctors couldn’t help with, like ‘auto-immune’ disease, lyme disease and cancer.
However, through what can only be described as a conspiracy between a lot of 3-letter agencies - FBI, FDA, AMA, PAC (Pharmaceutical Advertising Council) and many more - he was eventually framed, his lab raided and his career and spirit destroyed.
“The AMA and the pharmaceutical industry are a monopoly that intends to retain its power by any means possible.”
In 1847, when the AMA was established, most US medical schools were osteopathic and homeopathic and homeopathy was widely accepted and used. But “single-handedly, John D. Rockefeller destroyed the prevailing medical model and created the new one - allopathic medicine. The primary result of this activity was that his crude oil, worth perhaps a nickel per gallon, suddenly, turned into medical drugs, worth millions of dollars per gallon.”
There’s more to the story of course, including the Flexner Report of 1910, which succeeded in creating a single model of medical education. But in a nutshell, the public were persuaded to abandon osteopathy, chiropractic and naturopathic treatments in favour of allopathic medicine. It’s interesting to note that Rockefeller himself and Queen Elizabeth II actually preferred homeopathy and both had their own personal homeopathic physicians.
“…the drug companies that financed the anti-quackery campaign had one thing in common: Their products were in direct competition with products within the alternative health care movement.”
Everyone knows this kind of corruption exists, but this book fills in the gory details and it’s truly shocking. The number of organizations that are created to discredit and take down practitioners, the lengths to which these organizations will go to set them up, seize their equipment and files and persecute them is outrageous. It’s a witch-hunt and it explains a lot about how our perceptions around ‘alternative’ health came to be.
Another book that deals with this subject matter is ‘The Assault on Medical Freedom’ by P. Joseph Lisa - ’25 years of research into the systematic harassment of alternative practitioners and the intent of the medical-pharmaceutical-insurance monopoly to bulldoze any alternative practitioner who was effective.’
“In essence, medicine has become a monopoly, and insurance companies are dictating what they will pay for. In most instances, this determines what type of doctor you will see, the course of your treatment, and the outcome of your condition.”
Allopathic medicine is good at suppressing symptoms. It controls disease with drugs and surgery. Harvey Bigelsen tried to find the root / the cause of dis-ease and encourage the body to come back into balance. Sadly he is deceased now, but I am learning from his sons Adam and Josh Bigelsen in their Living University of Terrain. It is exciting and fascinating work that I am eager to share in the future.
Thank you Nina. I am adding this to my read list. I have accumulated quite a library in the past 3 years!
Much love 🌴